myxovirus
/ˈmɪksoʊˌvaɪrəs/
noun
- A type of virus that causes diseases such as influenza, mumps, and parainfluenza in humans and animals.
- Vaccines help protect against certain myxoviruses like the mumps virus.
- Scientists isolated a new myxovirus from bats in Southeast Asia.
- The myxovirus that causes the flu mutates every year.