Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cytomegalovirus

1 sense of cytomegalovirus

Sense 1
cytomegalovirus, CMV -- (any of a group of herpes viruses that enlarge epithelial cells and can cause birth defects; can affect humans with impaired immunological systems)
       => herpes, herpes virus -- (any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin)