Wuhan flu
COVID-19COVID-19.
Meaning
1 senses(dated, informal, offensive, sometimes, uncountable)COVID-19.
More definitions
- a viral disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 that caused a global pandemic in 2020
Origin
From Wuhan + flu, q.v., from its presumed origin in Wuhan, China, in late 2019.From Wuhan + flu, q.v., from its presumed origin in Wuhan, China, in late 2019.
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Synonyms
9 synonymsClose in meaning
- a viral disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 that caused a global pandemic in 2020:COVID-19coronavirus disease 20192019-nCoV acute respiratory diseasenovel coronavirus pneumoniaWuhan coronavirusWuhan virusWuhan pneumoniacoronavirus
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedkung flu
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable