respiratory syncytial virus

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   a paramyxovirus that forms syncytia in tissue culture and that is responsible for severe respiratory diseases such as bronchiolitis and bronchial pneumonia (especially in children)

   Broaderparamyxovirus

Questions about respiratory syncytial virus

What does respiratory syncytial virus mean?

respiratory syncytial virus means "a paramyxovirus that forms syncytia in tissue culture and that is responsible for severe respiratory diseases such as bronchiolitis and bronchial pneumonia (especially in children)".

Is respiratory syncytial virus a common word?

respiratory syncytial 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.