paramyxovirus

English Thesaurus

1. a group of viruses including those causing mumps and measles (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	myxovirus,
definition	:	any of a group of RNA viruses including those that cause influenza and mumps (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	respiratory syncytial virus,
definition	:	a paramyxovirus that forms syncytia in tissue culture and that is responsible for severe respiratory diseases such as bronchiolitis and bronchial pneumonia (especially in children) (noun.animal)