Norwalk

Nor walk |ˈnôrˌwôk ˈnɔrwɔk | 1 a city in southwestern California, southeast of Los Angeles; pop. 102,982 (est. 2008 ). 2 an industrial city in southwestern Connecticut, on Long Island Sound; pop. 83,185 (est. 2008 ).

Norwalk virus

Nor walk vi rus ▶noun a virus that can cause epidemics of severe gastroenteritis. It has been subsumed under the genus Norovirus. ORIGIN 1970s: from Norwalk, a town in Ohio where an outbreak of gastroenteritis occurred from which the virus was isolated.

Norwalk

Nor walk |ˈnôrˌwôk ˈnɔrwɔk | 1 a city in southwestern California, southeast of Los Angeles; pop. 102,982 (est. 2008 ). 2 an industrial city in southwestern Connecticut, on Long Island Sound; pop. 83,185 (est. 2008 ).

Norwalk virus

Norwalk virus |ˈnɔːwɔːk | ▶noun a virus which can cause epidemics of severe gastroenteritis. ORIGIN 1970s: from Norwalk, a town in Ohio where an outbreak of gastroenteritis occurred from which the virus was isolated.