coronavirus
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: compound
Topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
virology
Etymology: From corona (“crown-like circle of light appearing around the sun”) + virus. Corona is derived from Latin corōna (“garland, wreath; crown”), from Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē, “something curved; curved stern of a ship; end, point, tip”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”). The name refers to the characteristic appearance of its virions by electron microscopy, which have a fringe of surface projections creating an image reminiscent of a solar corona. Compare the former genus name Coronavirus.
Compound parts: corona
virus
Inflected forms:
form: coronaviruses
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: corona virus
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: corona-virus
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: A member of the family Coronaviridae, comprising viruses which infect animals and human beings, and the genome of which consists of a single strand of RNA.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: A new group of viruses with the name of coronaviruses has been recognized by an informal group of virologists who have sent their conclusions to Nature. […] In the opinion of the eight virologists these viruses are members of a previously unrecognized group which they suggest should be called the coronaviruses, to recall the characteristic appearance by which these viruses are identified in the electron microscope.
This characteristic structural resemblance and other shared properties of these viruses have caused certain virologists to propose the name coronavirus for this previously unrecognized group.
The virus, designated as rat coronavirus (RCV), exhibits properties representative of the coronavirus group: characteristic surface structure, particles somewhat variable in size averaging approximately 90 mμ, apparent RNA content, essential lipid, heat sensitivity, and a close serologic relationship with the mouse hepatitis virus complex.
In 1971 a canine coronavirus was isolated from feces of military dogs that were suffering from severe vomiting and diarrhea. [...] Diagnosis usually is based on the history and physical examination and the identification of coronavirus by electron microscope examination of feces or by performing other laboratory tests on the feces.
Some accompanying cytotoxicity has also been observed as well as slight activity against A59 corona virus without concurrent cytotoxicity [...].
[T]he replication of the corona-virus and the herpes-simplex virus is blocked by cystatin C [...]
There are many viruses that have been implicated as the cause of 'colds'. Among the most common are coronaviruses, rhinoviruses and adenoviruses. Coronaviruses are so called because they look like crowns when viewed in an electron microscope, [...]
[T]he common cold is attributed to rhinoviruses and corona viruses; [...]
SARS [severe acute respiratory syndrome] is caused by a coronavirus. Viewed under a microscope, the virus looks like a crown, or corona. This is the same type of virus that causes the common cold and pneumonia. The coronavirus that causes SARS is called SARS-CoV.
It took four months to identify the culprit of the new disease as a virus of the corona-virus family that had jumped to infect humans from wild small animals handled and consumed as food in the Guangdong province of China.
Coronaviruses are worrying because epidemics caused by other members of the viral family, SARS and MERS, have had high death rates: 10 percent for SARS, and about 35 percent for MERS.
gloss: A member of the family Coronaviridae, comprising viruses which infect animals and human beings, and the genome of which consists of a single strand of RNA.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: A woman in her 70s was confirmed as the first coronavirus death in the UK on Thursday as Downing Street warned that it was now highly likely that the virus would spread in “a significant way”.
gloss: An illness caused by a coronavirus.
pos: noun
tags: countable
metonymically
uncountable
gloss: An illness caused by a coronavirus.
pos: noun
tags: countable
metonymically
uncountable
Synonyms: crown virus
corona
rona
Wuhan virus
Wuhan coronavirus
China virus
Chinese virus
corona
rona
Wuhan flu
kung flu
Derived words: alphacoronavirus
anticoronavirus
betacoronavirus
bovine coronavirus
corona
corona belly
corona blues
coronacoaster
coronahoax
coronaphobia
coronapocalypse
Coronatide
coronaviral
coronavirion
coronavirologist
coronavirology
coronavirosis
coronavirus disease 2019
coronaviruslike
coronavirus party
coronial
COVID-19
deltacoronavirus
feline coronavirus
gammacoronavirus
murine coronavirus
noncoronavirus
pancoronavirus
porcine respiratory coronavirus
postcoronavirus
precoronavirus
rona
Wuhan coronavirus
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: koronavirus
lang: Amharic
word: ኮሮና ቫይረስ
roman: korona vayräs
lang: Amharic
word: ኮሮናቫይረስ
roman: koronavayräs
lang: Arabic
word: فِيرُوس كُورُونَا
roman: fīrūs kūrūnā
lang: Arabic
word: ڤِيرُوس كُورُونَا
roman: vīrūs kūrūnā
lang: Armenian
word: կորոնավիրուս
roman: koronavirus
lang: Armenian
word: թագավարակ
roman: tʻagavarak
lang: Azerbaijani
word: koronavirus
lang: Basque
word: koronabirus
lang: Belarusian
word: каранаві́рус
roman: karanavírus
lang: Bengali
word: করোনাভাইরাস
roman: korōnabhairaś
lang: Breton
word: kurunviruz
lang: Bulgarian
word: коронави́рус
roman: koronavírus
lang: Burmese
word: ကိုရိုနာဗိုင်းရပ်စ်
roman: kuiruinabuing:rapc
lang: Catalan
word: coronavirus
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 冠狀病毒 /冠状病毒
roman: gun¹ zong⁶ beng⁶ duk⁶
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 冠狀病毒 /冠状病毒
roman: guānzhuàng bìngdú
lang: Corsican
word: coronavirus
lang: Corsican
word: curonavirus
lang: Czech
word: koronavirus
lang: Danish
word: coronavirus
lang: Danish
word: corona
lang: Dutch
word: coronavirus
lang: Esperanto
word: koronaviruso
lang: Esperanto
word: kronviruso
lang: Estonian
word: koroonaviirus
lang: Finnish
word: koronavirus
lang: French
word: coronavirus
lang: West-Frisian
word: coronafirus
lang: West-Frisian
word: koroanafirus
lang: Galician
word: coronavirus
lang: Galician
word: escornavirus
lang: Georgian
word: კორონავირუსი
roman: ḳoronavirusi
lang: German
word: Coronavirus
lang: Gilaki
word: تاجي ويرۊس
roman: tājī vīrūs
lang: Gilaki
word: کؤرؤنا ويرۊس
roman: koronā vīrūs
lang: Greek
word: κορωνοϊός
roman: koronoïós
lang: Greek
word: κορονοϊός
roman: koronoïós
lang: Greek
word: κορωναϊός
roman: koronaïós
lang: Greek
word: κοροναϊός
roman: koronaïós
lang: Haitian Creole
word: kowonaviris
lang: Hebrew
word: קוֹרוֹנָה
roman: koróna
lang: Hebrew
word: נְגִיף קוֹרוֹנָה
roman: negíf koróna
lang: Hindi
word: कोरोना विषाणु
roman: koronā viṣāṇu
lang: Hindi
word: किरीट विषाणु
roman: kirīṭ viṣāṇu
lang: Hindi
word: कोरोनावायरस
roman: koronāvāyras
lang: Hungarian
word: koronavírus
lang: Icelandic
word: kórónaveira
lang: Indonesian
word: koronavirus
lang: Indonesian
word: virus korona
lang: Irish
word: coróinvíreas
lang: Irish
word: víreas corónach
lang: Italian
word: coronavirus
lang: Japanese
word: コロナウイルス
roman: koronauirusu
lang: Japanese
word: コロナ
roman: korona
lang: Kannada
word: ಕೊರೋನಾವೈರಸ್
roman: korōnāvairas
lang: Kazakh
word: қоронавирус
roman: qoronavirus
lang: Khmer
word: វីរុសកូរ៉ូណា
roman: viiruh kourounaa
lang: Korean
word: 코로나바이러스
roman: koronabaireoseu
lang: Korean
word: 코로나비루스
roman: koronabiruseu
lang: Central Kurdish
word: ڤایرۆسی کۆرۆنا
roman: vayrosî korona
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: vîrusa koronayê
lang: Latin
word: vīrus corōnārium
lang: Latvian
word: koronavīruss
lang: Lithuanian
word: koronavirusas
lang: Macedonian
word: коронави́рус
roman: koronavírus
lang: Malagasy
word: coronavirus
lang: Malay
word: koronavirus
lang: Malayalam
word: കൊറോണ വൈറസ്
roman: koṟōṇa vaiṟasŭ
lang: Maltese
word: koronavirus
lang: Manx
word: coronavirus
lang: Māori
word: huaketo korona
lang: Marathi
word: कोरोनाव्हायरस
roman: koronāvhāyras
lang: Mazanderani
word: کرؤنا ناخؤشي
roman: koronā nāxošī
lang: Meänkieli
word: koronaviirys
lang: Minangkabau
word: koronavirus
lang: Mongolian
word: корона вирус
lang: Mongolian
word: титэм вирус
lang: Navajo
word: dikos ntsaaígíí
lang: Nepali
word: कोरोना भाइरस
roman: koronā bhāiras
lang: Nepali
word: किरीट विषाणु
roman: kirīṭ viṣāṇu
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: koronavirus
lang: Occitan
word: coronavirus
lang: Odia
word: କରୋନାଭୂତାଣୁ
roman: karonābhutāṇu
lang: Pennsylvania German
word: Coronavirus
lang: Persian
word: کروناویروس
roman: koronâvirus
lang: Persian
word: ویش تاجی
roman: viš-e tâji
lang: Polish
word: koronawirus
lang: Portuguese
word: coronavírus
lang: Romanian
word: coronavirus
lang: Russian
word: коронави́рус
roman: koronavírus
lang: Santali
word: ᱠᱚᱨᱳᱱᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱭᱨᱟᱥ
roman: kôrona bhayras
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: coròna-bhìoras
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: корона вирус
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: korona virus
lang: Sindhi
word: ڪوروناوائرس
roman: koronoārs
lang: Sinhalese
word: කොරෝනා වෛරසය
roman: korōnā wairasaya
lang: Slovak
word: koronavírus
lang: Slovene
word: koronavirus
lang: Spanish
word: coronavirus
lang: Swahili
word: virusi vya corona
lang: Swedish
word: coronavirus
lang: Tajik
word: коронависрус
roman: koronavisrus
lang: Tamil
word: கொரோனாவைரசு
roman: korōṉāvairacu
lang: Tamil
word: கொரோனா
roman: korōṉā
lang: Telugu
word: కరోనా వైరస్
roman: karōnā vairas
lang: Thai
word: โคโรนาไวรัส
lang: Thai
word: ไวรัสโคโรนา
lang: Translingual
word: Coronaviridae
lang: Turkish
word: koronavirüs
lang: Turkmen
word: koronawirus
lang: Ukrainian
word: коронаві́рус
roman: koronavírus
lang: Urdu
word: کورونا وائرس
lang: Urdu
word: کرونا وبا
roman: karōnā wabā
lang: Uyghur
word: تاجىسىمان ۋىرۇس
roman: tajisiman wirus
lang: Uyghur
word: كورونا ۋىرۇس
roman: korona wirus
lang: Vietnamese
word: virus corona
lang: Vietnamese
word: coronavirus
lang: Vietnamese
word: vi-rút corona
lang: Vietnamese
word: siêu vi corona
lang: Vietnamese
word: siêu vi khuẩn corona
lang: Vietnamese
word: siêu vi trùng corona
lang: Vietnamese
word: vi trùng corona
lang: Volapük
word: kronavirud
lang: Walloon
word: coronivirûsse
lang: Welsh
word: coronafirws
lang: Welsh
word: coronafeirws
lang: Yakut
word: коронавирус
roman: koronavirus
lang: Yiddish
word: קאָראָנאַ־ווירוס
roman: korona-virus
lang: Yoruba
word: èràn kòrónà