SARS-CoV-2

Translingual

proper noun
Definitions
  • (virology) Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus 2; a virus which causes COVID-19 coronavirus disease, first discovered in 2019, in an outbreak that started in Wuhan, Hubei, China.
  • (pathology) COVID-19; the disease caused by the virus.

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Compound from Translingual SARS-CoV + Translingual 2.

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