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coronavirology

coronavirology noun: the scientific study of coronaviruses.

Noun

coronavirology (uncountable)

  1. The scientific study of coronaviruses.
    • Progress has been rapid in coronavirology during the last few years, and interesting insights have been gained for virology in general.1988, W. Spaan, “Coronaviruses: Structure and Genome Expression”, in Journal of General Virology, volume 69, page 2939
    • The cloning/sequencing phase of coronavirology for which the 1980's will be partly remembered, has provided a sound framework for further studies of the virus structural proteins and also some provocative insights relevant to these studies.1991, David Cavanagh, Coronaviruses and their Diseases, page v

Origin of coronavirology

Blend of coronavirus + virology.

Questions about coronavirology

What does coronavirology mean?
Coronavirology means the scientific study of coronaviruses.
What part of speech is coronavirology?
Coronavirology is a noun.

Words near coronavirology in the dictionary

  1. coronaviral
  2. coronavirion
  3. coronavirions
  4. coronavirologist
  5. coronavirologists
  6. coronavirology
  7. coronavirosis
  8. coronavirus
  9. coronavirus disease 2019
  10. coronavirus parties
  11. coronavirus party

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