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myxovirus
myxovirus [ míksō vīrəss ] (plural myxoviruses)


noun 
Definition:
 
virus containing RNA: a group of RNA-containing viruses including those that cause influenza and other diseases of the respiratory tract, and those that cause measles and mumps paramyxoviruses
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