myxovirus

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Definition of myxovirus

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Any of a group of RNA viruses of the Orthomyxoviridae and Paramyxoviridae families.

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Etymology

From myxo- + virus, from Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa, “mucus”), because they react with mucin (mucoprotein) on the surface of red blood cells.

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