Alpha variant

Meaning

Noun

• The highly virulent B.1.1.7 strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.

Related

Similar words

• B.1.1.7
• α
• Α
• en
• alpha
• Alpha
• British variant
• UK variant
• English variant
• British strain
• UK strain
• English strain
• alpha strain
• Alpha strain
• Alpha Strain
• α strain
• Α strain
• α-strain
• Α-strain

Origin

• From being a variant of a virus. From being the first strain of SARS-CoV-2 to receive relabeling by the World Health Organization. From Greek α/Α ("alpha/Alpha"), the first letter of the Greek alphabet. From Ancient Greek ἄλφα, the Greek name of the first letter in Greek.