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cytomegalovirus, n. Med.|saɪtəʊˈmɛgələʊvaɪərəs|
[f. cytomegalic adj. s.v. *cyto- + -o1 + virus n.]
Any of a group of herpesviruses which produce enlargement of infected cells and distinctive nuclear inclusion bodies, typically producing few or very mild symptoms but freq. leading to severe neurological symptoms in immunocompromised individuals and the new-born. Abbrev. CMV s.v. *C III. 3.
1960T. H. Weller et al. in Virology XII. 131 It is..proposed that the so-called SGV-CID [sc. salivary gland virus-cytomegalic inclusion disease virus] viruses of man and animals be referred to as the ‘cytomegalovirus’ group. 1965Brit. Med. Jrnl. 18 Sept. 663/2 Previously known as salivary-gland viruses, the cytomegaloviruses of man resemble the salivary-gland viruses of rodents. 1976Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 17 Oct. 15/4 Some doctors suspect the malady may be caused by a virus of the cytomegalovirus family. Usually a cytomegalovirus causes such mild illness in adults they don't know they have it. 1976Path. Ann. XI. 56 Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection can be acquired in utero, or by persons in states of immune deficiency or suppression, and by immune competent infants shortly after birth. 1980Brit. Med. Jrnl. 29 Mar. 892/2 Nineteen of the episodes had resulted from a viral hepatitis (caused by hepatitis B surface antigen in 18 cases and cytomegalovirus in one). |