Associations to the word «Enterovirus»

Wiktionary

ENTEROVIRUS, noun. Any of many viruses, of the genus Enterovirus, that infect the gastrointestinal tract
ENTEROVIRUS, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Picornaviridae   — the enteroviruses.

Dictionary definition

ENTEROVIRUS, noun. Any of a group of picornaviruses that infect the gastrointestinal tract and can spread to other areas (especially the nervous system).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats