Omicron variant
Meaning
Noun
- The highly virulent B.1.1.529 strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.
Related
Similar words
- B.1.1.529
- Ο
- ο
- en
- omicron
- Omicron
- omicron strain
- Omicron strain
- Ο-variant
- Ο-strain
- ο-variant
- ο-strain
Origin
- From being a variant of SARS-CoV-2, labelled by the World Health Organization. From Greek ὂ μικρόν ("{{l")}}, a letter, Ο/ο, of the Greek alphabet.
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