Cytomegalovirus
See also: cytomegalovirus
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from English cyto- (“cell”) + Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “big, megalo-”) + -virus.
Pronunciation
- English:
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌsaɪ.toʊˈmɛ.ɡə.loʊˌvaɪ.ɹəs/
Proper noun
Cytomegalovirus n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Herpesviridae – the cytomegaloviruses; certain herpesviruses.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Duplodnaviria – realm; Heunggongvirae – kingdom; Peploviricota – phylum; Herviviricetes – class; Herpesvirales – order; Herpesviridae – family; Betaherpesvirinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Human betaherpesvirus 5 - type species; Aotine betaherpesvirus 1, Cebine betaherpesvirus 1, Cercopithecine betaherpesvirus 5, Macacine betaherpesvirus 3, Macacine betaherpesvirus 8, Mandrilline betaherpesvirus 1, Panine betaherpesvirus 2, Papiine betaherpesvirus 3, Papiine betaherpesvirus 4, Saimiriine betaherpesvirus 4 - other species
Derived terms
- CMV (abbreviation)
Descendants
- → Catalan: citomegalovirus
- → English: cytomegalovirus
- → Greek: κυτταρομεγαλοϊός (kyttaromegaloïós) (calque)
- → Finnish: sytomegalovirus
- → Italian: citomegalovirus
- → Polish: cytomegalowirus
- → Russian: цѝтомѐгалови́рус (cìtomègalovírus)
- → Spanish: citomegalovirus
References
- Cytomegalovirus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Cytomegalovirus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Cytomegalovirus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Cytomegalovirus at International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses