Coronavirus: What’s in a name

Katelyn
2 min readFeb 8, 2023

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The various definitions of corona:

  • A body part resembling the crown
  • A gaseous envelope around the sun and other stars
  • The corona ring is the electrical discharge caused by ionization of fluid surrounding a conductor at high potential
  • Outer layer of an egg
  • White matter sheet in the brain
  • The central part of the daffodil (Narcissus) flower
  • A city in California and a neighborhood in Queens, New York
  • The name of a rendering program used for architectural visualization
  • A brand of beer
  • A long cigar

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