coxsackievirus

American

[kok-sak-ee-vahy-ruhs, kook-sah-kee-] / kɒkˈsæk iˌvaɪ rəs, kʊkˈsɑ ki- /

Also Coxsackie virus

noun

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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noun

coxsackieviruses

plural

Etymology

Origin of coxsackievirus

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

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That’s the question Viralytics has set out to answer with its specially formulated version of coxsackievirus, better known as the cold virus.

From Forbes • May 28, 2015

Epidemic disease caused by a coxsackievirus, causing pain in the lower chest and fever, headache, and malaise.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

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