COXSACKIE VIRUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Coxsackie virus mean? 

• COXSACKIE VIRUS (noun)
  The noun COXSACKIE VIRUS has 1 sense:

1. enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis

  Familiarity information: COXSACKIE VIRUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COXSACKIE VIRUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Coxsackie virus; coxsackievirus

Hypernyms ("Coxsackie virus" is a kind of...):

enterovirus (any of a group of picornaviruses that infect the gastrointestinal tract and can spread to other areas (especially the nervous system))

 Context examples 

A fungal toxin isolated from Arachniotus aureus with activity against RNA viruses such as poliovirus, coxsackie virus, and rhino- and parainfluenza viruses.

(Aranotin, NCI Thesaurus)