VESICULAR STOMATITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vesicular stomatitis mean? 

• VESICULAR STOMATITIS (noun)
  The noun VESICULAR STOMATITIS has 1 sense:

1. a disease of horses, cattle, swine, and occasionally human beings; caused by the vesiculovirus

  Familiarity information: VESICULAR STOMATITIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VESICULAR STOMATITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disease of horses, cattle, swine, and occasionally human beings; caused by the vesiculovirus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("vesicular stomatitis" is a kind of...):

stomatitis (inflammation of the mucous membrane of the mouth)

 Context examples 

Cicloxolone has been shown to impair Golgi apparatus functions related to transport of glycoproteins of vesicular stomatitis virus.

(Cicloxolone, NCI Thesaurus)

It is a recombinant live replication-competent virus based on vesicular stomatitis virus.

(Study confirms efficacy of NewLink Genetics ebola vaccine, Wikinews)

The vaccine was created using a live-attenuated (weakened) vesicular stomatitis virus to deliver proteins that elicit protective immune responses.

(Study vaccine protects monkeys against four types of hemorrhagic fever viruse, National Institutes of Health)