Norwalk virus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several virus strains in genus Norovirus that cause acute gastrointestinal infection.
  2. The disease caused by the virus.

Word forms

Norwalk virus Norwalk viruses

Etymology

From Norwalk, Ohio, site of a serious outbreak in 1968.

Related words

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