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cytomegalovirus

Today it means: Any of several herpes viruses, of the genus Cytomegalovirus, that infect the salivary glands of certain primates, including humans. Full definition →

taxonomic name Cytomegalovirus

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taxonomic name · borrowed fromCytomegalovirus
English todaycytomegalovirus

Internationalism. Borrowed from taxonomic name Cytomegalovirus, equivalent to cyto- + megalo- + virus.

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