coronavirus

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UK /kəˈɹəʊnəˌvaɪɹəs/ US /kəˈɹoʊnəˌvaɪɹəs/

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ADJ.

against, covid-19, global, largest, new, positive, possible, representative

VERB + CORONAVIRUS

designate, designated, like, name, plan, propose, rat, spread

CORONAVIRUS + NOUN

cases, characteristic, epidemic, fatality, group, infection, outbreak, properties

PREP.

among, from, in, on, on, with

ADV.

previously

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noun

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.

A new group of viruses with the name of coronaviruses has been recognized by an informal group of virologists who have sent their conclusions to Nature. […] In the opinion of the eight virologists these viruses are members of a previously unrecognized group which they suggest should be called the coronaviruses, to recall the characteristic appearance by which these viruses are identified in the electron microscope.

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.

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.

A woman in her 70s was confirmed as the first coronavirus death in the UK on Thursday as Downing Street warned that it was now highly likely that the virus would spread in “a significant way”.

An illness caused by a coronavirus.

name

Alternative letter-case form of coronavirus (“the virus SARS-CoV-2 or the disease COVID-19”).

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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.

Wiktionary

The virus, designated as rat coronavirus (RCV), exhibits properties representative of the coronavirus group: characteristic surface structure, particles somewhat variable in size averaging approximate

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The World Health Organization will decide Thursday whether to designate the coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency.

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Tom has tested positive for the coronavirus.

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In Japan, officials say an 80-year woman who died in a hospital on the outskirts of Tokyo has become the nation's first coronavirus fatality.

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