echovirus

echovirus
/ek"oh vuy'reuhs/, n., pl. echoviruses.
any of numerous retroviruses of the picornavirus group, some harmless and others associated with various human disorders, as aseptic meningitis.
Also, echo virus, ECHO virus.
[1950-55; echo- (acronym from enteric cytopathogenic human orphan) + VIRUS; orig. termed "orphan" because they were not known to be the cause of any disease]

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