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| Ep·stein-Barr vi·rus [ èp stīn br vrəss ] (plural Ep·stein-Barr vi·rus·es) |
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herpes virus: a virus believed to cause infectious mononucleosis and associated with Burkitt's lymphoma and some carcinomas
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| [Mid-20th century. After M. A. Epstein (b. 1921) and Y. M. Barr (b. 1932), British virologists] |
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