coxsackievirus: Meaning and Definition of

cox•sack•ie•vi•rus

Pronunciation: (kok-sak'ē-vī"rus, kook-sä'kē-), [key]
— pl. -rus•es.
  1. 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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