Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mers-cov

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.40 in modern English

Syllables
mer-s--cov
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Abbreviation of Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus (MERS-associated coronoavirus).

Uncountable

Usage

Phrases

Frequently Paired Words

CoV nCoV SARS-CoV

Synonyms

MERS Saudi SARS hCoV-EMC

Questions

What does mers-cov mean?
Abbreviation of Middle East respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus (MERS-associated coronoavirus).

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