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flurona

flurona noun: a double infection of influenza and COVID-19.

Noun

flurona (uncountable)

  1. (uncommon) A double infection of influenza and COVID-19.
    • Her case is first documented in the world but doctors believe there could be more 'flurona' infections in the country.2022 January 1, Joe Davies, “Israel reports first case of 'flurona': Doctors say they have found rare double infection of influenza and Covid in young pregnant woman”, in The Daily Mail, archived...
    • The woman who has been admitted to hospital with ‘flurona’ is pregnant and unvaccinated2022 January 1, Rhona Shennan, “What is ‘flurona’? Israel reports first case of double Covid and flu infection - is it a new variant?”, in NationalWorld, archived from the original on 28 May 2022

Examples of flurona in a sentence

  • Israel has recorded the first case of a rare mixture of two diseases, influenza and coronavirus, dubbed “flurona”.2022 January 1, Sravasti Dasgupta, “Israel reports first case of ‘flurona’ – rare double infection of Covid and influenza”, in The...
  • The first case of Flurona – a mixture of coronavirus and flu – has been found in a young pregnant woman.2022 January 1, Leigh Mcmanus, Kathie McInnes, “Covid and flu mix dubbed 'Flurona' causes difficulty breathing”, in Stoke-on-Trent Live...
  • The identified case of “flurona,” as some have dubbed it, was relatively mild, according to doctors at Beilinson.2022 January 2, ToI staff, “‘Flurona’: Israel records its first case of patient with COVID and flu at same time”, in The Times of Israel...
  • We were surprised to see that despite the flurona threat, in the present 2022–2023 season, there were not many flurona vaccinated people.2024 March, Adriana Malița Mădălina, Loredana Sabina Cornelia Manolescu, Viorel Ștefan Perieanu, Iuliana Babiuc, Elena Cristina Marcov, et...

Origin of flurona

From flu + rona.

Questions about flurona

What does flurona mean?
Flurona means a double infection of influenza and COVID-19.
How do you use flurona in a sentence?
Israel has recorded the first case of a rare mixture of two diseases, influenza and coronavirus, dubbed “flurona”.
What part of speech is flurona?
Flurona is a noun.

Words near flurona in the dictionary

  1. fluridone
  2. flurithromycin
  3. flurochrome
  4. flurochromes
  5. flurogestone
  6. flurona
  7. flurophore
  8. fluroquinolone
  9. flurothyl
  10. flurouracil
  11. fluroxene

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