Ep·stein-Barr virus ( p st n-bär)n. Abbr. EBV A herpesvirus that is the causative agent of infectious mononucleosis. It is also associated with various types of human cancers. [After Michael A. Epstein and Y.M. Barr, 20th-century British virologists.] |
Epstein-Barr virus [ˈɛpstaɪn ˈbɑː]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) a virus belonging to the herpes family that causes infectious mononucleosis; it is also implicated in the development of Burkitt's lymphoma and Hodgkin's disease Abbreviation EBV
[named after Sir M. A. Epstein (born 1921), and Yvonne M. Barr (born 1932), British pathologists who discovered the virus]
| Epstein-Barr virus (pstn-bär) A virus of the family Herpesviridae and the genus Lymphocryptovirus that causes infectious mononucleosis and is associated with several types of human cancers. It is named after two of its discoverers, British pathologist Michael Anthony Epstein (born 1921) and British virologist Yvonne M. Barr (born 1932). |
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| Noun | 1. | Epstein-Barr virus - the herpes virus that causes infectious mononucleosis; associated with specific cancers in Africa and China herpes virus, herpes - any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin |
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