coronavirus

Meaning of coronavirus

noun

any of a group of RNA viruses that cause a variety of respiratory, gastrointestinal, and neurological diseases in humans and other animals.

1960s: from corona1 + virus (with reference to the appearance of the virus, reminiscent of the solar corona, when studied through an electron microscope).

Information about coronavirus

Hyphenation of coronavirus

coro-n-avirus

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
  • coronavirus is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Translation of coronavirus

Anagrams of coronavirus

carnivorous

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