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Wuhan flu

Wuhan flu noun: COVID-19.

Noun

Wuhan flu (uncountable)

  1. (dated, informal, offensive, sometimes) COVID-19.
    • The 10-year-old Chinese boy confined to isolation at Vachira Phuket Hospital yesterday on suspicion of carrying the Wuhan flu has tested negative for the virus and will rejoin his parents today (Jan 23), Phuket Provincial Health Office (PPHO) Chief Thanit Sermkaew has confirmed.2020 January 23, Tanyaluk Sakoot, “Chinese Boy in Phuket Cleared of Wuhan Flu”, in Phuket News

Forms of Wuhan flu

alternative clippingWu flu

Origin of Wuhan flu

From Wuhan + flu, q.v., from its presumed origin in Wuhan, China, in late 2019.

Questions about Wuhan flu

What does Wuhan flu mean?
Wuhan flu means COVID-19.
What part of speech is Wuhan flu?
Wuhan flu is a noun.

Words near Wuhan flu in the dictionary

  1. wuh
  2. wuh luh wuh
  3. Wuhai
  4. Wuhan
  5. Wuhan coronavirus
  6. Wuhan flu
  7. Wuhan pneumonia
  8. Wuhan shake
  9. Wuhan shakes
  10. Wuhan virus
  11. Wuhanese

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