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Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Paramyxoviridae Proposal: Ratification_1975.pdf  ICTV Report: Paramyxoviridae Reference: PMID: 681143 

from the Ancient Greek παρά (pará), meaning “beside" and the Greek μύξα, (mýxa), meaning"mucus", referring to the association of some members of the family with  respiratory infection; the suffix -viridae for family taxa