Meanings
plural cytomegaloviruses · abbreviation CMV
- biologyAny of several herpes viruses, of the genus Cytomegalovirus, that infect the salivary glands of certain primates, including humans.
Prophylactic virostatic treatment with aciclovir did not prevent cytomegalovirus infection in an immune suppressed patient.
1989, Klaus Heimann, P. Wiedemann, editors, Proliferative Vitreoretinopathy, Kaden Verlag, page 3222 more examples
The peak period for the development of acute graft-versus-host disease overlaps with the time during which cytomegalovirus infection occurs.
1983, Karl G. Blume, Lawrence D. Petz, editors, Clinical Bone Marrow Transplantation, Churchill Livingstone, page 75Additional study is necessary to elucidate the contribution, if any, of cytomegalovirus to the development of this syndrome and to determine optimum therapy.
1994, AHFS Drug Information, American Society of Hospital Pharmacists, page 412
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of a group of herpes viruses that enlarge epithelial cells and can cause birth defects; can affect humans with impaired immunological systems
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Origin
- taxonomic nameCytomegalovirus
- Englishcytomegalovirus
Internationalism. Borrowed from taxonomic name Cytomegalovirus, equivalent to cyto- + megalo- + virus.
More words from taxonomic name
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque zitomegalobirus
- zitomegalobirusgenus of herpesviruses
Catalan citomegalovirus
- citomegalovirusgenus of herpesviruses
Chinese Cantonese 巨細胞病毒 /巨细胞病毒
- 巨細胞病毒 /巨细胞病毒 (geoi⁶ sai³ baau¹ beng⁶ duk⁶)genus of herpesviruses
Chinese Mandarin 巨細胞病毒 /巨细胞病毒
- 巨細胞病毒 /巨细胞病毒 (jùxìbāobìngdú)genus of herpesviruses
Danish cytomegalovirus
- cytomegalovirusgenus of herpesviruses
Dutch cytomegalovirus
- cytomegalovirusgenus of herpesviruses
Esperanto citomegaloviruso
- citomegalovirusogenus of herpesviruses
Finnish sytomegalovirus
- sytomegalovirusgenus of herpesviruses
French cytomégalovirus
- cytomégalovirusgenus of herpesviruses
German Zytomegalievirus, Cytomegalievirus
- Zytomegalievirusgenus of herpesviruses
- Cytomegalievirusgenus of herpesviruses
Greek κυτταρομεγαλοϊός
- κυτταρομεγαλοϊός (kyttaromegaloïós)genus of herpesviruses
Hungarian citomegalovírus
- citomegalovírusgenus of herpesviruses
Irish cítimeigilivíreas
- cítimeigilivíreasgenus of herpesviruses
Italian citomegalovirus
- citomegalovirusgenus of herpesviruses
Japanese サイトメガロウイルス
- サイトメガロウイルス (saitomegarōirusu)genus of herpesviruses
Korean 거대세포바이러스
- 거대세포바이러스 (geodaesepobaireoseu)genus of herpesviruses
Norwegian Bokmål cytomegalovirus
- cytomegalovirusgenus of herpesviruses
Polish cytomegalowirus
- cytomegalowirusgenus of herpesviruses
Portuguese citomegalovírus
- citomegalovírusgenus of herpesviruses
Romanian citomegalovirus
- citomegalovirusgenus of herpesviruses
Russian цитомегалови́рус
- цитомегалови́рус (citomegalovírus)genus of herpesviruses
Slovak cytomegalovírus
- cytomegalovírusgenus of herpesviruses
Spanish citomegalovirus
- citomegalovirusgenus of herpesviruses
Thai ซัยโตเมกาโลไวรัส
- ซัยโตเมกาโลไวรัส (sai-dtoo-mee-gaa-loo-wai-rás)genus of herpesviruses
Turkish sitomegalovirüs
- sitomegalovirüsgenus of herpesviruses
Ukrainian цитомегалові́рус
- цитомегалові́рус (cytomehalovírus)genus of herpesviruses
Cite this entry
cytomegalovirus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cytomegalovirus
“cytomegalovirus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cytomegalovirus. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cytomegalovirus,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cytomegalovirus.
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