COXSACKIE VIRUS


Meaning of COXSACKIE VIRUS in English

(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

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