poliovirus

[ poh-lee-oh-vahy-ruhs, poh-lee-oh-vahy- ]

noun,plural po·li·o·vi·rus·es.
  1. any of three picornaviruses of the genus Enterovirus, having a spherical capsid, infectious to humans and the cause of poliomyelitis.

Origin of poliovirus

1
First recorded in 1950–55; polio + virus

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