- Epstein-Barr virus
- nounthe herpes virus that causes infectious mononucleosis; associated with specific cancers in Africa and China• Syn: ↑EBV• Hypernyms: ↑herpes, ↑herpes virus
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\\ˌepˌstīn¦bär-\ nounUsage: usually capitalized E&BEtymology: after Michael Anthony Epstein b1921 English pathologist and Yvonne M. Barr b1932 English virologist: a herpesvirus (genus Lymphocryptovirus) that causes infectious mononucleosis and is associated with Burkitt's lymphoma and nasopharyngeal carcinoma — abbreviation EBV; called also EB virus* * *
/ep"stuyn bahr"/a type of herpes virus that causes infectious mononucleosis. Abbr.: EBV[after M. A. Epstein (b. 1921), British pathologist, and Y. M. Barr, British virologist, who isolated the virus in 1964]* * *
Epstein-Barr virus /ep-stīn-bärˈ vīˈrəs/nounA virus which causes glandular fever, thought also to be associated with various human cancersORIGIN: MA Epstein and YM Barr, British virologists, who first isolated it in 1964* * *
Epstein-Barr virus UK [ˌepstaɪn ˈbɑː(r) ˌvaɪrəs] US [ˌepstaɪn ˈbɑr ˌvaɪrəs] noun [uncountable] medical
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