| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Epstein-Barr virus |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Ep·stein-Barr virus |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   p st n-bär |
| NOUN: | abbr. EBV A herpesvirus that is the causative agent of infectious mononucleosis. It is also associated with various types of human cancers. | | ETYMOLOGY: | After Michael A. Epstein and Y.M. Barr, 20th-century British virologists.
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