morbillivirus
noun
mor·bil·li·vi·rus mȯr-ˈbi-lə-ˌvī-rəs 
: any of a genus (Morbillivirus) of paramyxoviruses that include the causative agents of canine distemper, measles, and rinderpest
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web In 1735, a novel disease that looked a lot like morbillivirus in humans broke out in dogs in Ecuador and Peru. 
New York Times, 19 Jan. 2022 Tigers are known to be vulnerable to rabies, anthrax and canine distemper, an often fatal morbillivirus commonly spread by stray dogs. Gloria Dickie, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2020 Plus, there’s currently no vaccine to inoculate monk seals from toxoplasmosis the way that HMSRP has been doing as a preventative against a morbillivirus outbreak. Kim Steutermann Rogers, Smithsonian, 9 July 2018 The School of Oceanography at the State University of Rio de Janeiro confirmed that cetacean morbillivirus, which can infect dolphins, porpoises, and whales, killed the marine mammals. Elaina Zachos, National Geographic, 12 Jan. 2018 Some 1,500 dolphins were killed by a single outbreak of morbilliviruses on the East Coast several years ago. New York Times, 9 July 2018 Plus, there’s currently no vaccine to inoculate monk seals from toxoplasmosis the way that HMSRP has been doing as a preventative against a morbillivirus outbreak. Kim Steutermann Rogers, Smithsonian, 9 July 2018 In the northeastern United States, strains of morbillivirus killed harbor seals in 2006 and bottlenose dolphins between 1987 and 1988. Elaina Zachos, National Geographic, 12 Jan. 2018 The last major mass casualty event for marine mammals in this part of the world took place from 2013 to 2015, when a resurgence of the morbillivirus killed thousands of bottlenose dolphins on the Eastern Seaboard. Tatiana Schlossberg, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2017 See More
New York Times, 19 Jan. 2022 Tigers are known to be vulnerable to rabies, anthrax and canine distemper, an often fatal morbillivirus commonly spread by stray dogs. Gloria Dickie, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2020 Plus, there’s currently no vaccine to inoculate monk seals from toxoplasmosis the way that HMSRP has been doing as a preventative against a morbillivirus outbreak. Kim Steutermann Rogers, Smithsonian, 9 July 2018 The School of Oceanography at the State University of Rio de Janeiro confirmed that cetacean morbillivirus, which can infect dolphins, porpoises, and whales, killed the marine mammals. Elaina Zachos, National Geographic, 12 Jan. 2018 Some 1,500 dolphins were killed by a single outbreak of morbilliviruses on the East Coast several years ago. New York Times, 9 July 2018 Plus, there’s currently no vaccine to inoculate monk seals from toxoplasmosis the way that HMSRP has been doing as a preventative against a morbillivirus outbreak. Kim Steutermann Rogers, Smithsonian, 9 July 2018 In the northeastern United States, strains of morbillivirus killed harbor seals in 2006 and bottlenose dolphins between 1987 and 1988. Elaina Zachos, National Geographic, 12 Jan. 2018 The last major mass casualty event for marine mammals in this part of the world took place from 2013 to 2015, when a resurgence of the morbillivirus killed thousands of bottlenose dolphins on the Eastern Seaboard. Tatiana Schlossberg, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2017 See More Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from morbillus spot on the skin, pustule (from Medieval Latin, diminutive of Latin morbus) + virus
First Known Use
1976, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
morbillivirus
noun
mor·bil·li·vi·rus -ˌvī-rəs
1
capitalized : a genus of single-stranded RNA viruses of the family Paramyxoviridae that includes the causative agents of measles, canine distemper, and rinderpest
2
: any of the genus Morbillivirus of paramyxoviruses