Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gamma variant

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.44 in modern English

Syllables: gam-ma -vari-ant
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The highly virulent P.1 strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.

Example Sentences

"Variants of concern, and in particular the gamma variant, have played an important role in the recent epidemic wave in Brazil, which began in early 2021."
"Among 45 persons tested with variant-of-concern RT-PCR, whole-genome sequencing, or both, the Gamma variant was detected for 68.9%."
"The percentage of the unvaccinated population had a significant effect on the increase in ICU admissions and on the increase of omicron, alpha, delta, and gamma variant cases."

Inflected Forms

γ variant (alternative) γ-variant (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Alpha variant Beta variant Delta variant Epsilon variant Eta variant Iota variant Kappa variant Lambda variant

Synonyms

gamma Brazilian variant

Questions

What does gamma variant mean?: The highly virulent P.1 strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.

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