picornavirus

picornavirus
noun Etymology: pico- + RNA + virus Date: 1962 any of a family (Picornaviridae) of single-stranded RNA viruses including especially the enteroviruses, the rhinoviruses, and the causative agents of hepatitis A and foot-and-mouth disease

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