MLchartDataset catalogue

CMV

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-001857

A virus that may be carried in an inactive state for life by healthy individuals. It is a cause of severe pneumonia in people with a suppressed immune system, such as those undergoing bone marrow transplantation or those with leukemia or lymphoma. Also called cytomegalovirus.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-001857
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Expansionscytomegalovirus
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-001857",
  "term": "CMV",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A virus that may be carried in an inactive state for life by healthy individuals. It is a cause of severe pneumonia in people with a suppressed immune system, such as those undergoing bone marrow transplantation or those with leukemia or lymphoma. Also called cytomegalovirus.",
  "expansions": [
    "cytomegalovirus"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/cmv/"
}

Record 5,021 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.