English Explanatory Dictionary

Kraken variant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The highly transmissible XBB.1.5 strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. A subvariant of the Omicron variant (“B.1.1.529”). Kraken became the predominant strain in the United States at the end of 2022.

Word forms

Kraken variant

Synonyms

Kraken Kraken lineage Kraken strain Kraken sublineage Kraken subvariant XBB.1.5

Related words

Alpha variant Delta variant Omicron variant Wuhan variant

Derived words

Kraken
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