ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Corona-virus

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Corona-virus is a noun meaning Alternative form of coronavirus.

Meaning

Alternative form of coronavirus.

Example Sentences

[T]he replication of the corona-virus and the herpes-simplex virus is blocked by cystatin C [...]
Especially dangerous are corona-viruses, general factors of "common cold" and reoviruses particularly pestilent for pancreas.
It took four months to identify the culprit of the new disease as a virus of the corona-virus family that had jumped to infect humans from wild small animals handled and consumed as food in the Guangdong province of China.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include coronavirion, rhinovirus, curtovirus, corticovirus, paramyovirus, virus.

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