(ˌ)ku̇kˌsäkē-, -sak-; (ˌ)käkˌsa- noun
Usage: usually capitalized C
Etymology: from Coxsackie, N.Y., home of the patient in whom the virus was first found
: any of several related but serologically distinct viruses apparently related to the virus of poliomyelitis and associated with certain diseases of man — compare epidemic pleurodynia , herpangina