echovirus

American  

[ek-oh-vahy-ruhs] / ˈɛk oʊˌvaɪ rəs /

Also echo virus,

noun

plural

echoviruses

1. any of numerous retroviruses of the picornavirus group, some harmless and others associated with various human disorders, as aseptic meningitis.

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echovirus British  

/ ˈɛkəʊˌvaɪrəs /

noun

1. any of a group of viruses that can cause symptoms of mild meningitis, the common cold, or infections of the intestinal and respiratory tracts

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Etymology

Origin of echovirus

1950–55; echo- (acronym from enteric cytopathogenic human orphan ) + virus; originally termed “orphan” because they were not known to be the cause of any disease