VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The member of the herpes virus family that is responsible for chickenpox

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("varicella zoster virus" is a kind of...):

herpes; herpes virus (any of the animal viruses that cause painful blisters on the skin)

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