RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does respiratory syncytial virus mean? 

• RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS (noun)
  The noun RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS has 1 sense:

1. a paramyxovirus that forms syncytia in tissue culture and that is responsible for severe respiratory diseases such as bronchiolitis and bronchial pneumonia (especially in children)

  Familiarity information: RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A paramyxovirus that forms syncytia in tissue culture and that is responsible for severe respiratory diseases such as bronchiolitis and bronchial pneumonia (especially in children)

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("respiratory syncytial virus" is a kind of...):

paramyxovirus (a group of viruses including those causing mumps and measles)

 Context examples 

This agent also exhibits antiviral activity against respiratory syncytial virus, cytomegalovirus, and HIV.

(Papaverine, NCI Thesaurus)

A humanized monoclonal antibody against the fusion protein (F protein) of human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), with prophylactic application in respiratory syncytial virus infections.

(Palivizumab, NCI Thesaurus)

A humanized monoclonal antibody directed against the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) fusion glycoprotein (F-protein), with activity against RSV.

(Motavizumab, NCI Thesaurus)

A plasma-derived, polyclonal, intravenous immunoglobulin formulation (IVIG) containing standardized high levels of antibodies against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a single-stranded, enveloped paramyxovirus, with potential immunomodulating activity.

(High-titer RSV Immune Globulin RI-001, NCI Thesaurus)