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  3. Any of a group of picornaviruses that infect the gastrointestinal tract and can spread to other areas (especially the nervous system)

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Any of a group of picornaviruses that infect the gastrointestinal tract and can spread to other areas (especially the nervous system)

Answer for the clue "Any of a group of picornaviruses that infect the gastrointestinal tract and can spread to other areas (especially the nervous system) ", 11 letters:
enterovirus

Word definitions for enterovirus in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1957; see entero- + virus .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of many viruses, of the genus ''Enterovirus'', that infect the gastrointestinal tract

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. any of a group of picornaviruses that infect the gastrointestinal tract and can spread to other areas (especially the nervous system)

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Enteroviruses are a genus of positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses associated with several human and mammalian diseases. Serologic studies have distinguished 71 human enterovirus serotypes on the basis of antibody neutralization tests. Additional antigenic ...

Usage examples of enterovirus.

Some of the possibilities included VEE and EEE (brain viruses), Congo-Crimean hemorrhagic fever, Ebola virus (highly infective in the lungs when it's freeze­dried), Marburg, Machupo, Rift Valley fever, Lassa, Junin, Sabia, enterovirus 17, camelpox, monkeypox, and smallpox.