cox·sack·ie·vi·rus also Cox·sack·ie virus (k k-sä k -v  r s, k k-s k-)n. Any of a group of enteroviruses that are associated with a variety of diseases, including meningitis, myocarditis, and pericarditis, and primarily affect children during the summer months. [After Coxsackie, a village of east-central New York.] |
Coxsackie virus [kʊkˈsɑːkɪ]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Microbiology) any of various viruses that occur in the intestinal tract of man and cause diseases, some of which resemble poliomyelitis
[after Coxsackie, a town in New York state, where the virus was first found]
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| Noun | 1. | Coxsackie virus - enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis enterovirus - any of a group of picornaviruses that infect the gastrointestinal tract and can spread to other areas (especially the nervous system) |
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