respiratory syncytial virus (redirected from Rs virus)

respiratory syncytial virus

n. Abbr. RSV

An RNA-containing virus that causes minor respiratory infections in adults and bronchitis and bronchopneumonia in children.

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respiratory syncytial virus

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(Medicine / Pathology) a myxovirus causing infections of the nose and throat, esp in young children. It is thought to be involved in some cot deaths Abbreviation RSV

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respiratory syncytial virus  (rspr--tôr)

A virus of the family Paromyxoviridae and the genus Pneumovirus that causes severe childhood respiratory infections, especially bronchiolitis in infants.

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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) paramyxovirus - a group of viruses including those causing mumps and measles