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

1 sense of respiratory syncytial virus

Sense 1
respiratory syncytial virus -- (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))
       => paramyxovirus -- (a group of viruses including those causing mumps and measles)