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deltacoronavirus

noun

Etymology

From delta + coronavirus.

  1. derived from *(s)ker-✻ — “to bend, turn”
  2. derived from κορώνη — “something curved; curved stern of a ship; end, point, tip”
  3. derived from corōna — “garland, wreath; crown”
  4. compounded as deltacoronavirus — “delta + coronavirus”

Definitions

  1. Any virus of the genus Deltacoronavirus.

    • In Ohio, United States, in early 2014, a deltacoronavirus was detected in feces and intestine samples from pigs with diarrheal disease.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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