ECHOVIRUS


Meaning of ECHOVIRUS in English

/ek"oh vuy'reuhs/ , n. , pl. echoviruses .

any of numerous retroviruses of the picornavirus group, some harmless and others associated with various human disorders, as aseptic meningitis.

Also, echo virus, ECHO virus .

[ 1950-55; echo- (acronym from enteric cytopathogenic human orphan ) + VIRUS; orig. termed "orphan" because they were not known to be the cause of any disease ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .