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coxsackievirus

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cox·sack·ie·vi·rus also Cox·sack·ie virus  (kk-säk-vrs, kk-sk-)
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.]
coxsackievirus also Coxsackie virus  (kk-säk-vrs, kk-sk-)
Any of several species of enteroviruses that are associated with a variety of acute infections primarily affecting infants and young children, including meningitis, infections of the heart muscle and pericardium, and pleurisy.
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Noun1.coxsackievirus - enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis
Coxsackie virus
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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