CYTOMEGALOVIRUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cytomegalovirus mean? 

• CYTOMEGALOVIRUS (noun)
  The noun CYTOMEGALOVIRUS has 1 sense:

1. any of a group of herpes viruses that enlarge epithelial cells and can cause birth defects; can affect humans with impaired immunological systems

  Familiarity information: CYTOMEGALOVIRUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYTOMEGALOVIRUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of a group of herpes viruses that enlarge epithelial cells and can cause birth defects; can affect humans with impaired immunological systems

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

CMV; cytomegalovirus

Hypernyms ("cytomegalovirus" is a kind of...):

herpes; herpes virus (any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin)

 Context examples 

A measurement of the cytomegalovirus IgM antibody in a biological specimen.

(Cytomegalovirus IgM Antibody Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a virus found around the world.

(Cytomegalovirus Infections, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) specifically reactive to the cytomegalovirus (CMV) phosphoprotein pp65 with potential antiviral activity.

(Cytomegalovirus pp65-Specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)

The determination of the amount of cytomegalovirus viral load present in a sample.

(Cytomegalovirus Viral Load Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

They were also able to view fluorescently labeled human cytomegaloviruses, which range from 150 to 300 nm in diameter.

(Smartphone microscope detects nanoparticles and viruses, NIH)

An abnormal cell that contains intranuclear and intracytoplasmic cytomegalovirus inclusion bodies.

(Cytomegalic Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the cytomegalovirus IgG antibody in a biological specimen.

(Cytomegalovirus IgG Antibody Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The determination of the amount of cytomegalovirus IgG antibody present in a sample.

(Cytomegalovirus IgG Antibody Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

Cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTLs), specifically reactive to the cytomegalovirus (CMV) immediate early-1 (IE-1) protein, with immunomodulating activity.

(Cytomegalovirus IE-1-specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes aminopeptidase N protein, is involved in the modulation of peptide hydrolysis and human infection by cytomegalovirus and coronavirus.

(ANPEP wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)