Norwalk Virus Definition

noun
A norovirus.
American Heritage Medicine

(virology) Any of several viruses that cause acute gastrointestinal infection.

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Origin of Norwalk Virus

  • After Norwalk Ohio, where an outbreak of gastroenteritis occurred in 1968 and led to the identification of noroviruses in 1972

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Norwalk, Ohio in which there was a serious outbreak in 1968.

    From Wiktionary

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