In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
CORONAVIRUS
Proper noun
Coronavirus (plural er-noun)
Alternative letter-case form of coronavirus (“the virus SARS-CoV-2 or the disease COVID-19”)
Anagrams
• carnivorous
Etymology
Noun
coronavirus (countable and uncountable, plural coronaviruses)
(virology) A member of the family Coronaviridae, comprising viruses which infect animals and human beings, and the genome of which consists of a single strand of RNA. [from 1968]
SARS-CoV-2, the specific coronavirus that causes the infectious disease COVID-19.
(medicine) An illness caused by a coronavirus.
COVID-19, the disease caused by the specific coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
Synonyms
• (member of the family Coronaviridae): crown virus (rare)
• (the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2): corona (clipping), rona (clipping)
• (the disease COVID-19): corona (clipping), rona (clipping)
Anagrams
• carnivorous
Source: Wiktionary
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(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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