coronavirus
nounEtymology
From corona (“crown-like circle of light appearing around the sun”) + virus. Corona is derived from Latin corōna (“garland, wreath; crown”), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “something curved; curved stern of a ship; end, point, tip”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”). The name refers to the characteristic appearance of its virions by electron microscopy, which have a fringe of surface projections creating an image reminiscent of a solar corona. Compare the former genus name Coronavirus.
Definitions
A member of the family Coronaviridae, comprising viruses which infect animals and human…
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.
- This characteristic structural resemblance and other shared properties of these viruses have caused certain virologists to propose the name coronavirus for this previously unrecognized group.
An illness caused by a coronavirus.
Alternative letter-case form of coronavirus (“the virus SARS-CoV-2 or the disease…
Alternative letter-case form of coronavirus (“the virus SARS-CoV-2 or the disease COVID-19”).
The neighborhood
- synonymcrown virusmember of the family Coronaviridae
- synonymcorona
- synonymrona
- synonymWuhan virus
- synonymWuhan coronavirus
- synonymChina virus
- synonymChinese virus
- synonymWuhan fluthe disease COVID-19
- synonymkung fluthe disease COVID-19
Derived
alphacoronavirus, anticoronavirus, betacoronavirus, bovine coronavirus, corona, corona belly, corona blues, coronacoaster, coronahoax, coronaphobia, coronapocalypse, Coronatide, coronaviral, coronavirion, coronavirologist, coronavirology, coronavirosis, coronavirus disease 2019, coronaviruslike, coronavirus party, coronial, COVID-19, deltacoronavirus, feline coronavirus, gammacoronavirus, murine coronavirus, noncoronavirus, pancoronavirus, porcine respiratory coronavirus, postcoronavirus, precoronavirus, rona, Wuhan coronavirus
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for coronavirus. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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