Meanings
plural respiratory syncytial viruses
- countableuncountablebiologyAny virus in genus Pneumovirus causing respiratory tract infections.
The vaccine would be the first to protect babies from respiratory syncytial virus, or R.S.V., which is the reason many infants are admitted to children’s hospitals each year and kills several hundred under 5 each year.
2023 May 18, Christina Jewett, “F.D.A. Panel Recommends R.S.V. Vaccine to Protect Young Infants”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 May 2023Synonyms: RSV
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny virus in genus Pneumovirus causing respiratory tract infections.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 呼吸道融合病毒
- 呼吸道融合病毒virus
Finnish RS-virus
- RS-virusvirus
French virus respiratoire syncytial
- virus respiratoire syncytialvirus
German Respiratorisches Synzytial-Virus
- Respiratorisches Synzytial-Virusvirus
Hungarian respiratorikus szinciciális vírus, légúti óriássejtes vírus
- respiratorikus szinciciális vírusvirus
- légúti óriássejtes vírusvirus
Portuguese vírus sincicial respiratório
- vírus sincicial respiratóriovirus
Romanian virus sincițial respirator, virus respirator sincițial
- virus sincițial respiratorvirus
- virus respirator sincițialvirus
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respiratory syncytial virus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/respiratory%20syncytial%20virus
“respiratory syncytial virus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/respiratory%20syncytial%20virus. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “respiratory syncytial virus,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/respiratory%20syncytial%20virus.
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