English Explanatory Dictionary

long covid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of long COVID.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of long COVID.
noun
  1. Long-term sequelae or symptoms (such as brain fog, extreme fatigue, or shortness of breath) following a COVID-19 infection, which persist after the SARS-CoV-2 virus is no longer active.
  2. Long-term negative economic effects persisting after the COVID pandemic.

Pronunciation

/ˌlɒŋ ˈkəʊvɪd/ /ˌlɔŋ ˈkoʊvɪd/ En-us-long COVID.oga

Word forms

long covid

Etymology

Blend of long-term + COVID, coined by Elisa Perego, an archaeologist working in London and sufferer of the condition who used the term in tweets on the online social networking service Twitter as a hashtag and in running text in May 2020 (see the quotations), leading to its widespread use.

Synonyms

chronic Covid chronic COVID syndrome long-haul COVID long-tail Covid long-term Covid ongoing covid post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 post Covid post-COVID-19 condition post-COVID-19 syndrome post-COVID syndrome

Related words

long-hauler long vax
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