COVID-19

name
/ˈkoʊ.vɪd naɪnˈtin/US/ˈkəʊ.vɪd naɪnˈtiːn/UK

Etymology

An abbreviation of coronavirus disease + 19 from 2019, the year the virus was discovered. Coined by the World Health Organization on February 11, 2020. Intended to avoid stigma by not referring to a place, animal, career, or group of people.

Definitions

  1. COVID-19 (disease).

    • diagnosed with COVID-19
    • Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus.
    • This week, the FDA issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for a a ^([sic]) monoclonal antibody combination for the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 in adults and pediatric patients
  2. SARS-CoV-2 (virus that causes the COVID-19 disease).

    • Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment.
    • As we enter the first months of 2021, increasing numbers of reports of variants of the COVID-19 virus mark a new development in the pandemic.
  3. The COVID-19 pandemic which began in early 2020, and ended sometime in the mid 2020s.

    • Many diabetics have been dying, especially during COVID-19.
    • The pandemic has helped cement a view of the human as collective, prosocial, and sharing a common bond between all people. This shared experience of living (and dying) during COVID-19 has proved a unifying force.
    • A second insight offered by our study is that several stresses apparent at the start of COVID-19, such as adapting to working from home, persisted during the pandemic, and new stresses emerged.
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. Alternative letter-case form of COVID-19.

      • About 1.4 billion people traveled internationally last year, which is 99% of the number who did the same in 2019, the last full year before Covid-19 hit the world.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for COVID-19. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA