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ＳＡＲＳ-ＣｏＶ-２ (サーズシーオーブイツー) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ＳＡＲＳ-ＣｏＶ-２

Meanings

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noun

SARS-CoV-2; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

Scientific name of the virus that causes COVID-19. Used in medical, news, and official contexts.

ＳＡＲＳ-ＣｏＶ-２は新しん型がたコロナウイルス感かん染せん症しょうの原げん因いんウイルスです。
SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes COVID-19.
研けん究きゅうチームはＳＡＲＳ-ＣｏＶ-２の変へん異い株かぶを解かい析せきした。
The research team analyzed a variant strain of SARS-CoV-2.

Written forms

ＳＡＲＳ-ＣｏＶ-２
Standard full-width alphanumeric spelling used in Japanese technical and news contexts.
SARS-CoV-2
Half-width variant often seen in international contexts or when mixed with English text.

Similar words

新しん型がたコロナウイルス
Common Japanese term for the novel coronavirus; less technical than SARS-CoV-2.
COVID-19
Refers to the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2, not the virus itself.

Etymology

International scientific term; abbreviation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2. The Japanese reading is a phonetic adaptation of the English letters and numbers.