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noun
Any member of the Paramyxoviridae family of negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses responsible for a number of human and animal diseases.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, microbiology, natural-sciences, virology
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noun
a group of viruses including those causing mumps and measles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: myxovirus
Narrower terms: respiratory syncytial virus
History
From para- + myxo- + virus.
