Under a microscope, coronaviruses look like round blobs surrounded by spikes, much like the corona, or crown, surrounding the sun.
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Coronaviruses
Synonyms for "coronaviruses" (6 found)
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Noun(2 words)
coronavirus familycoronavirus family viruses
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Noun(1 words)
coronavirus group
Related words (3)
Noun(3 words)
human coronavirushuman-infecting coronavirusorthocoronavirinae viruses
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10 entries229E coronavirusAlphacoronavirusBetacoronavirusDeltacoronavirusGammacoronavirusMERS coronavirusNL63 coronavirusOC43 coronavirusSARS coronavirusSARS-CoV-2
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6 entriesSARS coronavirusSARS-CoV-2common cold coronavirusescoronavirus infectionshuman coronavirusesseasonal coronaviruses
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There are seven coronaviruses that can affect people. The common cold is one, as are its more virulent cousins: SARS, severe acute respiratory virus, and MERS, Middle East respiratory virus.
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SARS and MERS are examples of two earlier coronaviruses.
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