coxsackievirus

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

/ kɒkˈsæk iˌvaɪ rəs, kʊkˈsɑ ki- /

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noun, plural cox·sack·ie·vi·rus·es.

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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Also Cox·sack·ie vi·rus .

Origin of coxsackievirus

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

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How to use coxsackievirus in a sentence

The vaccine is delivered through a “carrier virus” that causes a common cold in chimpanzees but does not affect humans.
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He became delirious, his heartbeat grew ragged, his blood teemed with the virus, and his lungs, liver and kidneys began to fail.
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By May 27, five people had succumbed to the virus and 16 more were infected.
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The current FDA-approved measles vaccine consists of live but weakened measles virus that is injected into the arm.
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The fact that the virus is still alive has sustained many safety concerns, both rational and irrational, about its use.
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If there is neuritis from the virus it becomes intense and causes muscular contractions, paresis, and paralysis.
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(p. 442) But it was the more poisonous virus of Secession which finally laid their proud city low.
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The scientists of Sator knew that the virus was virulent; in fact, too virulent for its own good.
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They knew that shortly after every Nansalian died, the virus, too, would be dead.
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It killed the host every time, and the virus could not live outside a living cell.
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British Dictionary definitions for coxsackievirus

Coxsackie virus

/ (kʊkˈsɑːkɪ) /

noun

any of various viruses that occur in the intestinal tract of man and cause diseases, some of which resemble poliomyelitis

Word Origin for Coxsackie virus

C20: after Coxsackie, a town in New York state, where the virus was first found

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for coxsackievirus

coxsackievirus

Any of several species of enteroviruses that are associated with a variety of acute infections primarily affecting infants and young children, including meningitis, infections of the heart muscle and pericardium, and pleurisy.