Definition of coronavirus in English:
coronavirus
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noun
1Medicine
Any of a group of RNA viruses that cause a variety of respiratory, gastrointestinal, and neurological diseases in humans and other animals.‘The greatest benefit appears to be in detecting rhinoviruses, coronaviruses, and parainfluenza viruses.’- ‘The most frequently observed viruses were rhinoviruses followed by coronaviruses and respiratory syncytial virus.’
- ‘SARs is believed to be a type of RNA virus called a coronavirus.’
- ‘Alternatively, it may have derived from one or more unidentified animal coronaviruses that only recently mutated or recombined to create a human pathogen, he says.’
- ‘Another possibility is that the human coronavirus acquired genes from another, more virulent virus.’
- 1.1A coronavirus responsible for an outbreak of serious respiratory disease in humans, especially the major pandemic beginning in 2019.
2Medicine
A disease caused by a coronavirus, in particular Covid-19.‘the impact of coronavirus is already being felt across the continent’- ‘two more people have tested positive for coronavirus’
- ‘the coronavirus outbreak led to growing travel restrictions’
- ‘all three countries have seen a spike in coronavirus cases in recent weeks’
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