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COXSACKIE VIRUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Enterovirus causing a disease resembling poliomyelitis but without paralysis
Synonyms:
Coxsackie virus; coxsackievirus
Classified under:
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))