Myxovirus Definition

mĭksə-vīrəs
myxoviruses
noun
A paramyxovirus or orthomyxovirus.
American Heritage Medicine
Any paramyxovirus or orthomyxovirus: a name for viruses of a former family that is now subdivided into two separate families.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Myxovirus

Noun

Singular:
myxovirus
Plural:
myxoviruses

Origin of Myxovirus

  • From myxo- +"Ž virus, from Ancient Greek μύξα (muxa, “mucus"), because they react with mucin (mucoprotein) on the surface of red blood cells.

    From Wiktionary

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