English Explanatory Dictionary

Wuhan virus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Synonym of coronavirus, the disease COVID-19.
  2. Synonym of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
  3. Synonym of A/Wuhan/359/95, a strain of H3N2 influenza.

Word forms

Wuhan virus

Etymology

From Wuhan + virus, q.v., from its presumed origin in Wuhan, China, in late 2019. The same name was separately and less prominently used in 1995 for a strain of H3N2 flu.

Synonyms

coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 A/Wuhan/359/95

Related words

Wuhanvirus Wuhan flu Wuhan coronavirus China virus Chinese virus kung flu
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