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Covid-19
Definitions
- 1 COVID-19 (disease)
"diagnosed with COVID-19"
- 2 Alternative letter-case form of COVID-19. alt-of
"About 1.4 billion people traveled internationally last year, which is 99% of the number who did the same in 2019, the last full year before Covid-19 hit the world."
- 3 Alternative letter-case form of COVID-19. alt-of
"And if, as Twenge argues, the proliferation of internet-enabled devices is the defining factor in Gen Z’s profile — and the main root of its problems — the Alphas, or Polars, remain an open question. The oldest are now in the fourth grade; the youngest were born into a world of Zoom calls and covid-19."
- 4 SARS-CoV-2 (virus that causes the COVID-19 disease) metonymically
"Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment."
- 5 The COVID-19 pandemic which began in early 2020, and ended sometime in the mid 2020s.
"Many diabetics have been dying, especially during COVID-19."
- 1 a viral disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 that caused a global pandemic in 2020 wordnet
Etymology
Abbreviation of coronavirus disease + 19 from 2019, the year the virus was discovered. Coined by the World Health Organization on February 11, 2020. Intended to avoid stigma by not referring to a place, animal, career, or group of people.
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