What does respiratory syncytial virus mean?
• RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS (noun) The noun RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS has 1 sense: 1. a paramyxovirus that forms syncytia in tissue culture and that is responsible for severe respiratory diseases such as bronchiolitis and bronchial pneumonia (especially in children) Familiarity information: RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS used as a noun is very rare.