cytomegalovirus

2 definitions found

cytomegalovirus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Herpesvirus \Her"pes*vir`us\, n. (Med.)
     any of several dozen DNA-containing virus of the family
     Herpetoviridae, including among them such
     human-disease-causing agents as Herpes simplex virus
     causing oral and genital herpes, varicella-zoster virus
     (Herpes zoster virus) causing shingles and chickenpox
     (varicella), Epstein-Barr virus (EB virus) causing
     infectious mononucleosis, and Cytomegalovirus.
     [PJC]

cytomegalovirus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cytomegalovirus
      n 1: any of a group of herpes viruses that enlarge epithelial
           cells and can cause birth defects; can affect humans with
           impaired immunological systems [syn: cytomegalovirus,
           CMV]