Definitions for enterovirus

enterovirus en·ter·o·vi·rus

Spelling: [en-tuh-roh-vahy-ruh s]
IPA: /ˌɛn tə roʊˈvaɪ rəs/

Enterovirus is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 886 anagrams from letters in enterovirus (eeinorrstuv).

Definitions for enterovirus

noun

  1. any of several picornaviruses of the genus Enterovirus, including poliovirus, that infect the human gastrointestinal tract and cause diseases of the nervous system.

Origin of enterovirus

First recorded in 1955-60; entero- + virus

Examples for enterovirus

Polio is one of many viruses belonging to the "enterovirus" family.

The viral infection sending hundreds of Midwestern kids to the hospital is EV-68, a rather nasty strain of enterovirus.

enterovirus itself, with dozens of different types that affect humans, is another, as is—most famously—poliovirus.

This strain of enterovirus seems unusually provocative in irritating lower airways, thereby causing airway narrowing.

Polio is an enterovirus (lives and is replicated in our intestines) that is spread via fecal-oral transmission.

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