/kok sak"ee vuy'reuhs, kook sah"kee-/ , n. , pl. coxsackieviruses .
any of a group of viruses closely related to the virus of poliomyelitis, causing certain diseases of humans, as herpangia and epidemic pleurodynia.
Also, Coxsackie virus .
[ 1945-50; after Coxsackie, N.Y., where the first known case appeared ]