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[syn: Epstein-Barr virus, EBV]
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):
Epstein-Barr virus
n 1: the herpes virus that causes infectious mononucleosis;
associated with specific cancers in Africa and China [syn:
Epstein-Barr virus, EBV]