| NOUN | animal | paramyxovirus | a group of viruses including those causing mumps and measles |
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| Meaning | A group of viruses including those causing mumps and measles. | |
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| Narrower | 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) |
| Broader | myxovirus | Any of a group of RNA viruses including those that cause influenza and mumps |
| Spanish | paramixovirus, paramyxoviridae | |
| Catalan | paramixovirus | |
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