parainfluenza virus

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   a virus that causes upper respiratory infection (including the common cold and bronchiolitis); most often in children

   Broaderadenovirus

Questions about parainfluenza virus

What does parainfluenza virus mean?

parainfluenza virus means "a virus that causes upper respiratory infection (including the common cold and bronchiolitis); most often in children".

Is parainfluenza virus a common word?

parainfluenza 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.