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Coronavirus vs Orthomyxovirus - What's the difference?

coronavirus | orthomyxovirus |

As a proper noun coronavirus

is .

As a noun orthomyxovirus is

any rna virus of orthomyxoviridae family characterised by having two long glycoprotein spikes.

coronavirus

English

(wikipedia coronavirus)

Noun

(es)
  • (virology) A member of the genus Coronavirus , comprising viruses which infect animals and whose genome consists of a single strand of RNA.

    • Anagrams

    *

    orthomyxovirus

    English

    Noun

    (orthomyxoviruses)
  • Any RNA virus of Orthomyxoviridae family characterised by having two long glycoprotein spikes.
  • :Swine influenza is an example of an orthomyxovirus .

    • See also

    *swine flu * ("orthomyxovirus" on Wikipedia)