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en•ter•o•vi•rus
Pronunciation: (en"tu-rō-vī'rus), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -rus•es.
Pathol.
any of several picornaviruses of the genus
Enterovirus, including poliovirus, that infect the human gastrointestinal tract and cause diseases of the nervous system.
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