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
- corona-viruses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include coronavirion, rhinovirus, curtovirus, corticovirus, paramyovirus, virus.
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