Definition of "enterovirus" [enterovirus]

• Any of a subgroup of picornaviruses, including polioviruses, coxsackieviruses, and echoviruses, that infect the gastrointestinal tract and often spread to other areas of the body, especially the nervous system. (noun)

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• "* The term enterovirus is a general description for viruses that infect and replicate in cells of the gastrointestinal tract."
• "A pathogen called enterovirus was present in 44 of 72 pancreases tested from young people who died less than a year after being diagnosed with diabetes, researchers from Peninsula Medical School, the University of"
• "The virus is enterovirus, meaning it enters the body through the digestive tract and multiplies in the oropharynx area."