POLIOVIRUS


Meaning of POLIOVIRUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈpō-lē-(ˌ)ō-ˌvī-rəs ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from polio myelitis + virus

Date: 1953

: an enterovirus (species Poliovirus of the genus Enterovirus ) that occurs as three serotypes of which one is the most frequent cause of poliomyelitis

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