Medical Dictionary

coxsackievirus

noun cox·sack·ie·vi·rus \(ˈ)käk-ˌsak-ē-ˈvī-rəs\

Medical Definition of COXSACKIEVIRUS

:  any of numerous serotypes of three picornaviruses of the genus Enterovirus (species Human enterovirus A, Human enterovirus B, and Human enterovirus Celsius) associated with human diseases (as meningitis or herpangina)—see epidemic pleurodynia

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