Definition of picornavirus in English:
picornavirus
noun pɪˈkɔːnəˌvʌɪrəspəˈkôrnəˌvīrəs
Any of a group of very small RNA viruses which includes enteroviruses, rhinoviruses, and the virus of foot-and-mouth disease.
Example sentencesExamples
- Viruses were detected in 31 of 177 patients: picornaviruses in 10 and coronavirus in 21.
- Hepatitis A infection, caused by an RNA virus in the picornavirus family, is the most common cause of hepatitis in the United States.
- The picornavirus family includes rhinoviruses and enteroviruses, which cause approximately one half of common colds each year.
- There are already medicines against some picornaviruses, like those which cause polio and foot-and-mouth disease, but so far nothing has worked against a particular kind called the rhinovirus - cause of most runny-nose-type colds.
- You are confusing it with foot-and-mouth disease which is caused by an animal picornavirus.
Origin
1960s: from pico- + RNA + virus.