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parvovirus


Definition of parvovirus

noun

Medicine
  • any of a class of very small viruses chiefly affecting animals, especially one ( canine parvovirus) which causes contagious disease in dogs.

Origin:

1960s: from Latin parvus 'small' + virus

parvovirus in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of parvovirus in the US English dictionary