Search Result for "cytomegalovirus": 
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. any of a group of herpes viruses that enlarge epithelial cells and can cause birth defects; can affect humans with impaired immunological systems;
[syn: cytomegalovirus, CMV]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Herpesvirus \Her"pes*vir`us\, n. (Med.) any of several dozen DNA-containing virus of the family Herpetoviridae, including among them such human-disease-causing agents as Herpes simplex virus causing oral and genital herpes, varicella-zoster virus (Herpes zoster virus) causing shingles and chickenpox (varicella), Epstein-Barr virus (EB virus) causing infectious mononucleosis, and Cytomegalovirus. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cytomegalovirus n 1: any of a group of herpes viruses that enlarge epithelial cells and can cause birth defects; can affect humans with impaired immunological systems [syn: cytomegalovirus, CMV]