Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun epstein-barr_virus

1 sense of epstein-barr virus

Sense 1
Epstein-Barr virus, EBV -- (the herpes virus that causes infectious mononucleosis; associated with specific cancers in Africa and China)
       => herpes, herpes virus -- (any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin)