Morbillivirus

See also: morbillivirus

Translingual

Etymology

From English morbilli (“measles”) (from Medieval Latin, from Latin morbus (“disease”) + -illus (“diminutive suffix”)

Proper noun

Morbillivirus

A taxonomic genus within the family Paramyxoviridae – several viruses that cause diseases in mammals, including measles.

Hypernyms

(genus): Virus - kingdom; Mononegavirales - order; Paramyxoviridae - family; Paramyxovirinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Canine distemper virus, Cetacean morbillivirus, Measles virus, Peste-des-petits-ruminants virus, Phocine distemper virus, Rinderpest virus, Feline morbillivirus - species

Further reading

Morbillivirus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Morbillivirus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Morbillivirus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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