epstein-barr virus

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   the herpes virus that causes infectious mononucleosis; associated with specific cancers in Africa and China

   SynonymsEBV

   Broaderherpes

Questions about epstein-barr virus

What does epstein-barr virus mean?

epstein-barr virus means "the herpes virus that causes infectious mononucleosis; associated with specific cancers in Africa and China".

What is another word for epstein-barr virus?

Close synonyms include EBV. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is epstein-barr virus a common word?

epstein-barr virus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.