encephalomyocarditis — noun Etymology: New Latin Date: 1947 an acute febrile disease especially of swine and some nonhuman primates caused by a picornavirus (species Encephalomyocarditis virus of the genus Cardiovirus) and marked by degeneration and inflammation of… … New Collegiate Dictionary
encephalomyocarditis virus disease — a viral disease caused by a cardiovirus that usually occurs in rodents but is transmissible to other animals, especially pigs. It is often clinically inapparent but sometimes causes reproductive failure in young female pigs or… … Medical dictionary
encephalomyocarditis — /en sef euh loh muy oh kahr duy tis/, n. Pathol. a viral infection of the central nervous system and skeletal and heart muscle causing degeneration of tissue. [1945 50; ENCEPHALO + MYOCARDITIS] * * * … Universalium
encephalomyocarditis — noun ɛnˌsɛfəloʊmaɪoʊkaɹˈdaɪtɪs A viral disease afflicting pigs and some non human primates, attacking muscle tissue and the central nervous system. Syn: EMC … Wiktionary
encephalomyocarditis — en·ceph·a·lo·myocarditis … English syllables
encephalomyocarditis — enˈsefəlōˌ noun Etymology: New Latin, from encephal + myocarditis : an acute febrile virus disease of various vertebrates that is caused by any of several strains of a picornavirus (genus Cardiovirus) and that causes a serious condition in swine… … Useful english dictionary
EMC virus — encephalomyocarditis virus a virus of the genus Cardiovirus found in Africa, South America, and elsewhere, which causes mild aseptic meningitis in humans and encephalomyocarditis in pigs and certain nonhuman primates. There are several different… … Medical dictionary
энцефаломиокардит новорожденных — (encephalomyocarditis neonatorum; энцефалит + миокардит) форма инфекции Коксаки у новорожденных, характеризующаяся бурным развитием симптомов энцефалита или менингоэнцефалита и нарастающими явлениями сердечной недостаточности … Большой медицинский словарь
Virus — A microorganism smaller than a bacteria, which cannot grow or reproduce apart from a living cell. A virus invades living cells and uses their chemical machinery to keep itself alive and to replicate itself. It may reproduce with fidelity or with… … Medical dictionary
Cardiovirus — Taxobox name = Cardiovirus virus group = iv familia = Picornaviridae genus = Cardiovirus subdivision ranks = Species subdivision = Encephalomyocarditis virus Theilovirus Cardiovirus is a genus within the family Picornaviridae . The genus is… … Wikipedia
