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Sendai virus
(Sen¦dai virus)
Pronunciation:
/ˈsɛndʌɪ/
noun
[
mass noun
]
Biology
a parainfluenza virus which causes disease of the upper respiratory tract in mice and is used in the laboratory to produce cell fusion.
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