Epstein-Barrvirus

Ep·stein-Barr virus (ĕpʹstīn-bärʹ) n. Abbr. EBV

A herpesvirus that is the causative agent of infectious mononucleosis. It is also associated with various types of human cancers.

  [After Michael A. Epstein, and and Y.M.Barr, 20th-century British virologists.]

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