Cytomegalovirus

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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