coxsackievirus

[kok-sak-ee-vahy-ruh s, koo k-sah-kee-]

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.

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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coxsackievirus in Medicine

Any of various Enteroviruses that are associated with a variety of illnesses including herpangina, epidemic pleurodynia, and a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis.

coxsackievirus in Science

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.