echovirus
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echovirus /ˈɛkəʊvʌɪrəs/ (also ECHO virus)
▶noun Medicine any of a group of enteroviruses which can cause respiratory infections and a mild form of meningitis.
– origin 1950s: echo is acronym from enteric cytopathogenic human orphan, because the virus was not orig. assignable to any known disease.
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