n.
Pronunciation: k ə - ' r ō -n ə - ˌ v ī -r ə s
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin, from corona + virus
Date: 1968
: any of a family ( Coronaviridae and especially genus Coronavirus ) of single-stranded RNA viruses having a lipid envelope studded with club-shaped projections and including pathogens of animals and humans