Morbillivirus definition

môr-bĭlĭ-vīrəs

Any of a genus of paramyxoviruses, including the causal agents of measles and rinderpest, that infect humans and other vertebrates.

noun

Any of a genus of paramyxoviruses, including the causal agents of measles and rinderpest, that infect humans and other vertebrates.

noun

A taxonomic genus within the family Paramyxoviridae — several viruses that cause diseases in mammals, including measles.

pronoun

Other Word Forms

Singular:

morbillivirus

Plural:

morbilliviruses

New Latin morbillī measles (from Medieval Latin pustules, pox) (pl. of morbillus pustule) (from diminutive of Latin morbus disease mer- in Indo-European roots) virus

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition