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coxsackievirus
[ kok-sak-ee-vahy-ruhs, kook-sah-kee- ]
noun
, plural cox·sack·ie·vi·rus·es.
- 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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Word History and Origins
Origin of coxsackievirus1
First recorded in 1945–50; after Coxsackie, N.Y., where the first known case appeared
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