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coronavirus

/kəˈɹoʊnəˌvaɪɹəs/

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What does coronavirus mean?

noun

  1. A member of the family Coronaviridae, comprising viruses which infect animals and human beings, and the genome of which consists of a single strand of RNA.
  2. SARS-CoV-2, the specific coronavirus that causes the infectious disease COVID-19.
  3. An illness caused by a coronavirus.
More meanings (2)

noun

  1. COVID-19, the disease caused by the specific coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

proper noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of coronavirus (“the virus SARS-CoV-2 or the disease COVID-19”).
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/kəˈɹoʊnəˌvaɪɹəs/

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