Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

respiratory syncytial virus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.82 in modern English

Syllables: res-pi-ra-to-ry syn-cy-tial virus
IPA

41

Scrabble Score

25

Letters

7

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any virus in genus Pneumovirus causing respiratory tract infections.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The vaccine would be the first to protect babies from respiratory syncytial virus, or R.S.V., which is the reason many infants are admitted to children’s hospitals each year and kills several hundred under 5 each year."

Usage

Inflected Forms

respiratory syncytial viruses (plural)

Synonyms

RSV

Questions

What does respiratory syncytial virus mean?: Any virus in genus Pneumovirus causing respiratory tract infections.

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