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Norwalk virus

noun

  1. a norovirus.


Norwalk virus

/ ˈnɔːˌwɔːk /

noun

  1. another name for norovirus
“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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Norwalk virus1

1970–75; < Norwalk agent (original name of the pathogen), after Norwalk , Ohio, where an outbreak of gastroenteritis occurred in 1968

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