Noncoronavirus
adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 That which is not a coronavirus.
"The SARS virus is a coronavirus, which is significantly different from other human coronaviruses. There is no evidence of exchange of genetic material with noncoronaviruses."
Adjective
- 1 Not pertaining to coronaviruses; noncoronaviral. not-comparable
"Taken together, the results of this study demonstrated for the first time that the BCV genome contains a sequence that functions as a packaging signal, at least when appended to a noncoronavirus RNA."
Antonyms
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More examples"Taken together, the results of this study demonstrated for the first time that the BCV genome contains a sequence that functions as a packaging signal, at least when appended to a noncoronavirus RNA."
Etymology
From non- + coronavirus.