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Etymology

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From coronavir(us) +‎ -osis, after virosis.

Noun

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coronavirosis (countable and uncountable, plural coronaviroses)

  1. (pathology, rare) Any disease caused by a coronavirus.
    • 2009, Fabiana L. Silva, Raquel G. Oliveira, Teane M.A. Silva, Mariana N. Xavier, Ernane F. Nascimento, Renato L. Santos, “Venereal transmission of canine visceral leishmaniasis”, in Veterinary Parasitology, volume 160, numbers 1–2, →DOI, page 56:
      During the quarantine all bitches received anti-helminthic treatment (14.5 mg/kg of pyrantel pamoate and 5 mg/kg prazyquantel – Vetbrands Saúde Animal, São Paulo, Brazil), and they were vaccinated against rabies, canine distemper, parvovirosis, coronavirosis, canine infectious hepatitis, leptospirosis, and parainfluenza (Rai-Pet and Imuno-Vet, Biovet, São Paulo, Brazil).