coxsackievirus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of many enteroviruses that cause disease mostly in children.

Word forms

coxsackievirus coxsackieviruses

Etymology

Coxsackie + virus, after the town in New York where they were first isolated.

Related words

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