English Explanatory Dictionary

Disease X

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A hypothetical unknown pathogen that could cause a future epidemic.

Word forms

Disease X

Etymology

Introduced as a placeholder name by the World Health Organization in February 2018.

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