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Wuhan pneumonia

Wuhan pneumonia noun: a form of pneumonia due to infection by a coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which is genetically similar to SARS and MERS.

Noun

Wuhan pneumonia (uncountable)

  1. (dated, informal, politically offensive in Mainland China) A form of pneumonia due to infection by a coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which is genetically similar to SARS and MERS.
    • This travel period overlapped with the time period after the announcement of the first case of Wuhan pneumonia (symptom onset on Dec 12, 2019) according to the Chinese health authority.2020 January 24, Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan, “A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person-to-person transmission: a study of a family cluster”, in The...
    Synonyms:
    COVID-19

Synonyms of Wuhan pneumonia

Origin of Wuhan pneumonia

A respiratory disease first reported in Wuhan, China on December 31, 2019, from Wuhan + pneumonia.

Questions about Wuhan pneumonia

What does Wuhan pneumonia mean?
Wuhan pneumonia means a form of pneumonia due to infection by a coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which is genetically similar to SARS and MERS.
What part of speech is Wuhan pneumonia?
Wuhan pneumonia is a noun.

Words near Wuhan pneumonia in the dictionary

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