lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus

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   the RNA virus that causes lymphocytic choriomeningitis; infects mice and monkeys and dogs and guinea pigs and human beings

   Broaderarenavirus

   Part ofArenaviridae

Questions about lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus

What does lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus mean?

lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus means "the RNA virus that causes lymphocytic choriomeningitis; infects mice and monkeys and dogs and guinea pigs and human beings".

Is lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus a common word?

lymphocytic choriomeningitis 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.