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coxsackievirus

[ kok-sak-ee-vahy-ruhs, kook-sah-kee- ]

noun

, plural cox·sack·ie·vi·rus·es.
  1. any of a group of viruses closely related to the virus of poliomyelitis, causing certain diseases of humans, as herpangia and epidemic pleurodynia.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of coxsackievirus1

First recorded in 1945–50; after Coxsackie, N.Y., where the first known case appeared

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