Main Entry: en·tero·vi·rus

Pronunciation: \-ˈvī-rəs\

Function: noun

Etymology: New Latin

Date: 1957

: any of a genus (Enterovirus) of picornaviruses that occur especially in the gastrointestinal tract but may infect other tissues (as nerve and muscle) and that include the poliovirus and several species with numerous serotypes named as Coxsackie viruses and echoviruses

— en·tero·vi·ral \-rəl\ adjective