myxoviruses

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• myxovirus — Term formerly used for viruses with an affinity for mucins, now included in the families Orthomyxoviridae and Paramyxoviridae. The myxoviruses included influenza virus, parainfluenza virus, respiratory syncytial virus, measles …   Medical dictionary

• myxovirus — /mik seuh vuy reuhs, mik seuh vuy /, n., pl. myxoviruses. any of a group of medium sized, RNA containing viruses having a helical envelope, infectious to humans and other animals and a cause of influenza. Cf. paramyxovirus. [1950 55; < NL; see… …   Universalium

• paramyxovirus — /par euh mik seuh vuy reuhs, mik seuh vuy /, n., pl. paramyxoviruses. any of various RNA containing viruses that are similar to but larger than the myxoviruses, including the viruses that cause mumps, measles, parainfluenza, and Newcastle disease …   Universalium

• Coronaviridae — A family of single stranded RNA containing viruses with 3 or 4 major antigens corresponding to each of the major viral proteins; some of which cause upper respiratory tract infections in humans similar to the “common cold”; others cause animal… …   Medical dictionary

• sialidase — An enzyme that cleaves terminal acetylneuraminic residues from oligosaccharides, glycoproteins, or glycolipids; present on the surface antigen in myxoviruses; used in histochemistry to selectively remove sialomucins, as from bronchial mucous… …   Medical dictionary