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Noun: RSV
  1. 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)
    - respiratory syncytial virus
Abbreviation: RSV
  1. Revised Standard Version (a version of the Bible translated into English)

Type of: paramyxovirus

Encyclopedia: RSV