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coxsackievirus

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

noun

plural

coxsackieviruses

  1. any of a group of viruses closely related to the virus of poliomyelitis, causing certain diseases of humans, as herpangia and epidemic pleurodynia.

Etymology

Origin of coxsackievirus

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

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