coronavirus

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noun
  1. 1

    (often the intended sense, since 2020) SARS-CoV-2, the specific coronavirus that causes the infectious disease COVID-19.

  2. 2

    COVID-19, the disease caused by the specific coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

  3. 3

    (metonymic) An illness caused by a coronavirus.

  4. 4

    (virology) 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.

  5. 5

    Alternative letter-case form of coronavirus (โ€œthe virus SARS-CoV-2 or the disease COVID-19โ€). [(virology) 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.]