morbillivirus


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
morbillivirus /mɔːˈbɪlɪˌvʌɪrəs/
noun Medicine any of a group of paramyxoviruses which causes measles, rinderpest, and canine distemper.
– origin 1970s: from L. morbilli (pl. of morbillus ‘pustule’, from morbus ‘disease’) + virus.
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