Wuhan pneumonia
- noun
- Archaic
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neumonía de Wuhan
- Many news outlets initially reported the outbreak as Wuhan pneumonia before it was named COVID-19.
Examples
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Doctors struggled to treat patients during the early days of the Wuhan pneumonia outbreak.
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The term Wuhan pneumonia has largely been replaced by COVID-19 in scientific literature.
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Many people were concerned about Wuhan pneumonia last year.
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The outbreak of Wuhan pneumonia led to global health alerts.
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During the outbreak, doctors worked tirelessly to help those suffering from Wuhan pneumonia.
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Initially, news reports referred to the viral illness spreading worldwide as Wuhan pneumonia.
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The health community quickly mobilized to understand Wuhan pneumonia and its effects on patients.
Synonyms
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A disease caused by a new virus that spread around the world in 2020
A disease caused by a new coronavirus first seen in 2019 that spreads easily
A serious illness first found in 2019 caused by a new virus that affects breathing and spreads worldwide
A virus infection from the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that affects the lungs and airways, also called COVID-19
A serious lung disease caused by a new coronavirus that began in 2019 and causes fever, cough, and breathing difficulty
A disease caused by a virus first found in Wuhan, China in 2019 that spread around the world in 2020
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is a straightforward composition of the place name 'Wuhan' and the disease noun 'pneumonia', so its meaning — pneumonia associated with or originating in Wuhan — is directly derivable from the constituents. Place+disease naming is a common, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand this usage.
Etymology
Wuhan pneumonia came from the city Wuhan, where doctors first saw many cases of pneumonia, which is a 'lung infection'. So, the phrase meant the new lung disease from Wuhan before it was called 'COVID-19'.