2019-nCoV

Translingual
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Etymology

Abbreviation of 2019 novel coronavirus, in reference to the year of discovery of a new coronavirus.

Proper noun

2019-nCoV

  1. Former name of SARS-CoV-2 : a virus resembling those of the family Coronaviridae, the pathogen of Wuhan pneumonia, which is sometimes fatal, thought to be zoonotic and originating in the Chinese city of Wuhan, with no known cure or vaccine.
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