PARAMYXOVIRUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does paramyxovirus mean? 

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

1. a group of viruses including those causing mumps and measles

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARAMYXOVIRUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A group of viruses including those causing mumps and measles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

myxovirus (any of a group of RNA viruses including those that cause influenza and mumps)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paramyxovirus"):

respiratory syncytial virus (a paramyxovirus that forms syncytia in tissue culture and that is responsible for severe respiratory diseases such as bronchiolitis and bronchial pneumonia (especially in children))

 Context examples 

A protein found in the outer coat of paramyxoviruses.

(Hemagglutinin-neuraminidase, NCI Dictionary)

It is the type strain for avian paramyxoviruses.

(Newcastle disease virus, NCI Thesaurus)

Any of several paramyxoviruses (genus Respirovirus and Rubulavirus) that are a frequent cause of infections of the lower respiratory tract.

(Parainfluenza Virus, NCI Thesaurus)

An isoquinoline antiviral agent with activity against myxoviruses and paramyxoviruses.

(Famotine, NCI Thesaurus)

An isoquinoline with activity against myxoviruses and paramyxoviruses.

(Memotine, NCI Thesaurus)

A hydrochloride salt form of famotine, an isoquinoline antiviral agent with activity against myxoviruses and paramyxoviruses.

(Famotine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

A single-stranded, negative-sense RNA virus of the paramyxovirus group that causes croup in children.

(Human Parainfluenza Virus 1, NCI Thesaurus)

A plasma-derived, polyclonal, intravenous immunoglobulin formulation (IVIG) containing standardized high levels of antibodies against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), a single-stranded, enveloped paramyxovirus, with potential immunomodulating activity.

(High-titer RSV Immune Globulin RI-001, NCI Thesaurus)

A hydrochloride salt form of memotine, an isoquinoline with activity against myxoviruses and paramyxoviruses.

(Memotine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

An oncolytic viral agent containing the oncolytic, live-attenuated strain of the paramyxovirus Newcastle disease virus (NDV), with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Oncolytic Newcastle Disease Virus, NCI Thesaurus)