Plural of coronavirus
regular plural
The plural of coronavirus is coronaviruses.
Forms of coronavirus
| Singular | coronavirus /kəˈɹəʊnəˌvaɪɹəs/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | coronaviruses |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Coronaviruses in a sentence
- Among the most common are coronaviruses, rhinoviruses and adenoviruses.1999, J. Heritage, E[mlyn] G[lyn] V[aughan] Evans, R. A. Killington, “Microbial Infections”, in Microbiology in Action, Cambridge...
- Before the emergence of the original SARS, the study of coronaviruses was a professional backwater.2020 June 2, Alan Burdick, “Monster or Machine? A Profile of the Coronavirus at 6 Months”, in The New York Times. From the entry coronavirologist
- Coronaviruses have been causing problems for humanity for a long time.2020 April 19, Robin McKie, “Coronavirus: five months on, what scientists know about Covid-19”, in The Guardian. From the entry mers
- The SARS virus is a coronavirus, which is significantly different from other human coronaviruses.2010, Michael Beach, “Pandemics”, in Disaster Preparedness and Management, Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company, →ISBN, page 153. From the entry noncoronavirus
- All sensing and biosensing techniques developed for the determination of various classes of coronaviruses are useful to recognize the newly immerged coronavirus, i.e., SARS-CoV-2.2021, Y. Orooji, H. Sohrabi, “An Overview on SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) and Other Human Coronaviruses and Their Detection Capability via…. From the entry biosensing
Meaning of coronavirus
- noun A member of the family Coronaviridae, comprising viruses which infect animals and human beings, and the genome of which consists of a single strand of RNA.
- noun SARS-CoV-2, the specific coronavirus that causes the infectious disease COVID-19.
- noun An illness caused by a coronavirus.
Questions about the plural of coronavirus
- What is the plural of coronavirus?
- The plural of coronavirus is coronaviruses.
- Is coronavirus countable?
- Coronavirus is a countable and uncountable noun.
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