See Also: bovine virus diarrhoea virus(medicine)
B virus(health)
Virus(health)
GAL virus(medicine)
virus(dictionary)
Rs virus(medicine)
FMD virus(medicine)
FA virus(medicine)
EMC virus(medicine)
EEE virus(medicine)

justifiable (iou) and MVE virus (medicine)


justifiable (iou)



justifiable adjective. E16.
[Old & mod. French, from justifier JUSTIFY: see -ABLE.]
= JUSTICIABLE adjective. E16-M17.
Able to be legally or morally justified; able to be shown to be just, reasonable, or correct; defensible. M16.
justifiable HOMICIDE.
R. Crompton In a moment of justifiable exasperation, he threw a beer bottle at her head. J. Gathorne-Hardy It's quite justifiable to give a massive dose of drugs to sedate them.
b. Of an assertion etc.: able to be maintained or defended. E-M17.
justifia'bility noun L19.
justifiableness noun M17.
justifiably adverb LME.

MVE virus (medicine)


MVE virus -->
Murray Valley encephalitis virus


A group B arbovirus of the genus Flavivirus that causes Murray Valley encephalitis; it is transmitted by Culex mosquitoes, and also infects birds and horses.

Synonym: Australian X disease virus, MVE virus.