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noncoronavirus

noncoronavirus adjective: not pertaining to coronaviruses; noncoronaviral.

Adjective

noncoronavirus (not comparable)

  1. Not pertaining to coronaviruses; noncoronaviral.
    • 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.2000 January, Raymond Cologna, Brenda G. Hogue, “Identification of a Bovine Coronavirus Packaging Signal”, in Journal of Virology, volume 74, number 1, →DOI, page 582
    • Fort Carson soldiers worked Thursday to convert a Seattle football stadium into a 250-bed hospital that will treat noncoronavirus patients so that civilian hospitals can focus on those with the deadly, flu-like disease.2020 April 2, Tom Roeder, “Fort Carson soldiers turn Seattle stadium into coronavirus relief hospital”, in The Gazette, Colorado Springs, CO

Noun

noncoronavirus (plural noncoronaviruses)

  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.2010, Michael Beach, “Pandemics”, in Disaster Preparedness and Management, Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company, →ISBN, page 153
    • It is unknown whether this signal of positive selection results from the MERS-CoV progenitor, from another DPP4-utilizing bat coronavirus, such as BtCoV-HKU4, or from a noncoronavirus that also utilizes DPP4.2015, Kayla M. Peck, Christina L. Burch, Mark T. Heise, Ralph S. Baric, “Coronavirus Host Range Expansion and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Emergence: Biochemical Mechanisms and...

Forms of noncoronavirus

Adjective
alternative formnon-coronavirus
Noun
pluralnoncoronaviruses

Origin of noncoronavirus

From non- + coronavirus.

Questions about noncoronavirus

What does noncoronavirus mean?
Noncoronavirus means not pertaining to coronaviruses; noncoronaviral.
What part of speech is noncoronavirus?
Noncoronavirus can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near noncoronavirus in the dictionary

  1. noncoring
  2. noncorneal
  3. noncoronal
  4. noncoronary
  5. noncoronaviral
  6. noncoronavirus
  7. noncoronaviruses
  8. noncorotational
  9. noncorporal
  10. noncorporate
  11. noncorporation

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