Definitions for coronavirus
coro·n·avirus

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1. coronavirusnoun

   Any of a genus of viruses whose members infect animals and whose genome consists of a single-strand of RNA.

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1. Coronavirus

   Coronaviruses are a group of related RNA viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds. In humans and birds, they cause respiratory tract infections that can range from mild to lethal. Mild illnesses in humans include some cases of the common cold (which is also caused by other viruses, predominantly rhinoviruses), while more lethal varieties can cause SARS, MERS, and COVID-19. In cows and pigs they cause diarrhea, while in mice they cause hepatitis and encephalomyelitis. There are as yet no vaccines or antiviral drugs to prevent or treat human coronavirus infections. Coronaviruses constitute the subfamily Orthocoronavirinae, in the family Coronaviridae, order Nidovirales, and realm Riboviria. They are enveloped viruses with a positive-sense single-stranded RNA genome and a nucleocapsid of helical symmetry. The genome size of coronaviruses ranges from approximately 26 to 32 kilobases, one of the largest among RNA viruses. They have characteristic club-shaped spikes that project from their surface, which in electron micrographs create an image reminiscent of the solar corona, from which their name derives.

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1. Coronavirus

   Coronaviruses are species in the genera of virus belonging to one of two subfamilies Coronavirinae and Torovirinae in the family Coronaviridae, in the order Nidovirales. Coronaviruses are enveloped viruses with a positive-sense RNA genome and with a nucleocapsid of helical symmetry. The genomic size of coronaviruses ranges from approximately 26 to 32 kilobases, extraordinarily large for an RNA virus. The name "coronavirus" is derived from the Latin corona, meaning crown or halo, and refers to the characteristic appearance of virions under electron microscopy with a fringe of large, bulbous surface projections creating an image reminiscent of the solar corona. This morphology is created by the viral spike peplomers, which are proteins that populate the surface of the virus and determine host tropism. Proteins that contribute to the overall structure of all coronaviruses are the spike, envelope, membrane and nucleocapsid. In the specific case of the SARS coronavirus, a defined receptor-binding domain on S mediates the attachment of the virus to its cellular receptor, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2.

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1. Coronavirus

   A genus of the family CORONAVIRIDAE which causes respiratory or gastrointestinal disease in a variety of vertebrates.

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1. carnivorous

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of coronavirus in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of coronavirus in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of coronavirus in a Sentence

1. Martin Bricknell:

   If Prime Minister Boris Johnson look across Europe, all of their armed forces have contributed to the national response to the coronavirus, in the first instance, they've been a source of essentially reserve, organized manpower, so have supported logistics including both the procurement of medical supplies, the movement of medical supplies and in some countries the movement of other essential goods.

2. Ben Wikler:

   Wisconsin's election offers a nightmare vision of what the whole country could see in the fall, a fight in which The Democrats ' struggle to balance democracy with public health, and the GOP remorselessly weaponizes courts, election laws, and coronavirus itself to disenfranchise the voters who stand in its way.

3. Jimmy Kimmel:

   MEGHAN MARKLE, PRINCE HARRY JOINING SELENA GOMEZ-LED CONCERT TO PROMOTE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE AWARENESS Sources told us that Jimmy Kimmel told Ben Affleck :.

4. Yuriko Koike:

   The battle with coronavirus is absolutely not over yet. Maybe, I think this is a start.

5. Peter Hotez:

   It is hard to try to put the genie back in the bottle once you have an epidemic. if you have measles, coronavirus, plus the flu, it's hard to fight that.

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Coronavirus
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronavirus
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=coronavirus