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Noun: SARS coronavirus 2
  1. The specific coronovirus responsible for COVID-19, the infectious disease causing the 2020 pandemic; similar to the SARS virus
    "Researchers worked tirelessly to develop a vaccine against SARS coronavirus 2";
    - 2019-nCov [archaic], SARS-CoV-2

See also: 2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease [archaic], corona [informal], coronavirus [informal], coronavirus disease 2019, Covid, COVID-19, novel coronavirus pneumonia, rona [informal]

Type of: coronavirus, CoV, Co-V

Encyclopedia: SARS coronavirus 2