Epstein-Barr virus
(缩略词：EBV)
noun
- Medicine a herpesvirus causing glandular fever and associated with certain cancers, for example Burkitt's lymphoma【医】爱伯斯坦-巴尔病毒, EB病毒。
词源
1960s: named after Michael A. Epstein (born 1921), British virologist, and Y. M. Barr (born 1932), Irish-born virologist.