Norwalk virus
noun
Nor·walk virus ˈnȯr-ˌwȯk- 
: a highly infectious virus first identified as the causative agent of an outbreak of gastroenteritis in a school in Norwalk, Ohio in 1968
Note: Norwalk virus was later officially classified as a norovirus (species Norwalk virus). While the originally identified virus and closely related forms may still be referred to as Norwalk viruses, they are now more commonly called noroviruses.
Word History
Etymology
Norwalk, Ohio, site of an outbreak of the virus in 1968
First Known Use
1983, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
Norwalk virus
noun
Nor·walk virus ˈnȯ(ə)r-ˌwȯk-
variants also Norwalk agent
: a highly infectious virus first identified as the causative agent of an outbreak of gastroenteritis in a school in Norwalk, Ohio in 1968
Note: Norwalk virus was later officially classified as a norovirus (species Norwalk virus). While the originally identified virus and closely related forms may still be referred to as Norwalk viruses, they are now more commonly called noroviruses.
Norwalk viruses are important causes of both sporadic and epidemic gastroenteritis.
Melvin A. Kohn, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Melvin A. Kohn, The Journal of the American Medical Association