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Epstein-Barr virus

  [ep-stahyn bahr]
–noun
a type of herpes virus that causes infectious mononucleosis. Abbreviation: EBV
Origin:
after M. A. Epstein (b. 1921), British pathologist, and Y. M. Barr, British virologist, who isolated the virus in 1964
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EBV  
abbr.  Epstein-Barr virus
Ep·stein-Barr virus   (ěp'stīn-bär')   
n.   Abbr. EBV
A herpesvirus that is the causative agent of infectious mononucleosis. It is also associated with various types of human cancers.

[After Michael A. Epstein and Y.M. Barr, 20th-century British virologists.]
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Main Entry: EBV
Function: abbreviation
Epstein-Barr virus

Main Entry: Ep·stein–Barr virus
Pronunciation: "ep-"stIn-"bär-
Function: noun
: a herpesvirus (genus Lymphocryptovirus) that causesinfectious mononucleosis and is associated with Burkitt's lymphoma and nasopharyngeal carcinoma —abbreviation EBV; called also EB virus
Epástein /'ep-"stIn/,Michael Anthony (b 1921) and Barr /'bär/, Yvonne M. (b 1932), British virologists. In 1964 Epstein and Barr isolated aherpesvirus in cultured Burkitt's lymphoma cells. This herpesvirus, since known as the Epstein-Barr virus, is now thought to be a cause of various types of human cancers, including Burkitt's lymphomaand nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Epstein also did research on tumor cell structure and other viruses.
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EBV abbr.
Epstein-Barr virus

Epstein-Barr virus Ep·stein-Barr virus (ěp'stīn-)
n.
Abbr. EBV
A herpesvirus that is the causative agent of infectious mononucleosis. It is also associated with various types of human cancers. Also called EB virus.

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Epstein-Barr virus   (ěp'stīn-bär')  Pronunciation Key 
A virus of the family Herpesviridae and the genus Lymphocryptovirus that causes infectious mononucleosis and is associated with several types of human cancers. It is named after two of its discoverers, British pathologist Michael Anthony Epstein (born 1921) and British virologist Yvonne M. Barr (born 1932).
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EBV
Epstein-Barr virus
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