noun
- a small RNA virus that causes diseases such as polio, the common cold, and foot-and-mouth disease
Usage: medical; scientific
Examples
- The polio vaccine protects against a dangerous picornavirus.
- Many common colds are caused by picornavirus infections.
- Scientists studied the picornavirus structure under an electron microscope.
- Foot-and-mouth disease in livestock is caused by a picornavirus.
- The picornavirus family includes several medically important pathogens.
- Researchers developed antiviral drugs targeting picornavirus replication.