MERS-CoV
Translingual
Etymology
From MERS + CoV. From English Middle East respiratory syndrome (“MERS”) and Coronavirus (“CoV”). From New Latin coronavirus, from Latin corona and Latin virus. From Ancient Greek κορώνη (korṓnē).
Proper noun
MERS-CoV
- Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus; the virus that causes MERS.
Synonyms
- 2012-nCoV
Hyponyms
- EMC/2012
- hCoV-EMC / HCoV-EMC
- hCoV-EMC/2012 / HCoV-EMC/2012
- Virus
Derived terms
See also
- Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
English
Noun
- Abbreviation of Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus (MERS-associated coronoavirus).
Synonyms
- MERS, Saudi SARS, hCoV-EMC
Hypernyms
- CoV (“Coronavirus”)
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