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Epstein–Barr virus

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Epstein–Barr virus /ˌɛpstʌɪnˈbɑː/ (abbrev.: EBV)

▶noun Medicine a herpesvirus causing glandular fever and associated with certain cancers.

– origin 1960s: named after the British and Irish virologists Michael A. Epstein and Y. M. Barr.

'Epstein–Barr virus' also found in these Oxford entries:

Burkitt's lymphoma - EBV

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