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Coxsackie virus

Syllabification: (Cox·sack·ie vi·rus)
Pronunciation: /käkˈsakē, ko͝ok-/

(also coxsackie virus or coxsackievirus)
Definition of Coxsackie virus

noun

Medicine
  • any of a group of enteroviruses that cause various respiratory, neurological, and muscular diseases in humans.

Origin:

1940s: named after Coxsackie, New York, where the first cases were diagnosed

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