Coxsackie virus

cox·sack·ie·vi·rus

also Cox·sack·ie virus  (ko͝ok-sä′kē-vī′rəs, kŏk-săk′ē-)

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.

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[After Coxsackie, a village of east-central New York.]

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Coxsackie virus

(kʊkˈsɑːkɪ)

n

(Microbiology) any of various viruses that occur in the intestinal tract of man and cause diseases, some of which resemble poliomyelitis

[C20: after Coxsackie, a town in New York state, where the virus was first found]

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Coxsackie virus - enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis coxsackievirus 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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