Definition of parvovirus in English:
parvovirus
noun ˈpɑːvəʊˌvʌɪrəsˈpärvōˌvīrəs
Medicine Any of a class of very small viruses chiefly affecting animals, especially one (canine parvovirus) which causes contagious disease in dogs.
Example sentencesExamples
- Puppies should be vaccinated against distemper, infectious hepatitis, leptospirosis, parvovirus, parainfluenza and rabies.
- If these wild dogs don't die of sheer starvation, he said, diseases such as parvovirus, heartworm, or intestinal parasites usually kill them.
- Owing to narrow tissue or species specificity of parvoviruses, animal parvoviruses do not infect humans.
- When parvovirus appeared in the late 1970s Max said vets were initially baffled.
- Effective vaccines exist for a number of animal parvoviruses.
Origin
1960s: from Latin parvus 'small' + virus.