Translingual

Measles virus, highly magnified, 100-200 nm

Proper noun

Measles virus

1. A taxonomic species within the family Paramyxoviridae – a negative-sense ssRNA (group V) virus that causes measles or rubeola.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

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