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COVID-19

1 [kovid-üheksa+t`eist] abbreviation NEW 2020

EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 18.09.2025

Meanings

new word koroonaviiruse SARS-CoV-2 põhjustatud haigus, mille sümptomid on köha, palavik ja hingamisraskused
Synonyms

Translations

Usage examples
  • Viirusevastaseid ravimeid COVID-19 raviks ei ole.
  • Tänase info kohaselt on COVID-19 sümptomid sarnased gripi sümptomitele.
  • Uuringuid näitavad, et COVID-19 suremus on suurem gripi suremusest.

Terminological databases

EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 737652 Last modified 02.04.2020
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Domain infectious diseases - bacteriology - virologypublic health
  • koroonaviiruse SARS-CoV-2 põhjustatud haigus, mille sümptomid on köha, palavik ja hingamisraskused
  • nakkushaigus, mis levib inimeselt inimesele õhu teel piisknakkuse või saastunud pindade kaudu, peamiselt lähikontaktis nakkusohtliku inimesega, kellel on nakkusele iseloomulikud sümptomid. Viirus võib põhjustada köha, nohu, palavikku ja hingamisraskuseid.
  • a mild to severe respiratory illness that is caused by a coronavirus (Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 of the genus Betacoronavirus), is transmitted chiefly by contact with infectious material (such as respiratory droplets), and is characterized especially by fever, cough, and shortness of breath and may progress to pneumonia and respiratory failure
  • an acute viral disease caused by infection with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus
Good to know
  • Vt ka kirje „koroonaviirus - coronavirus“. [2.04.2020]
  • On February 11, 2020 the World Health Organization announced an official name for the disease that is causing the 2019 novel coronavirus outbreak, first identified in Wuhan China. The new name of this disease is coronavirus disease 2019, abbreviated as COVID-19. In COVID-19, ‘CO’ stands for ‘corona,’ ‘VI’ for ‘virus,’ and ‘D’ for disease. Formerly, this disease was referred to as “2019 novel coronavirus” or “2019-nCoV”.
koroona preferred
Usage examples
  • Koroonasse haigestunud patsientidest 83–98%-l tekib palavik, 76–82%-l kuiv köha ja 11–44%-l väsimus või lihasvalu. Vähem esinevad koroona haigusnähud on peavalu, kurguvalu, kõhuvalu ja kõhulahtisus.
koroonahaigus
COVID-19 abbreviation
Usage examples
  • COVID-19 sümptomid on mittespetsiifilised ja nende raskusaste võib olla erinev. Haigus võib kulgeda ilma haigustunnusteta, aga samas võib esineda ka raske kopsupõletik, riskirühma kuuluvate inimeste puhul võib haigus halvimal juhul ka surmaga.
coronavirus disease 2019
Usage examples
  • On 31 December 2019, a cluster of pneumonia cases of unknown aetiology was reported in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. On 9 January 2020, China CDC reported a novel coronavirus as the causative agent of this outbreak, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
COVID-19 abbreviation
Usage examples
  • COVID-19 is transmitted primarily through contact with infectious material, particularly respiratory droplets that enter the environment when an infected person sneezes or coughs. People nearby may inhale or come into contact with these droplets, resulting in disease transmission. Infection may also occur when a person comes into contact with a contaminated surface and then touches his or her mouth, nose, or eyes.

Eesti viipekeele meditsiiniterminid

ID 613089 Last modified 22.08.2022
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Domain virologytypes of illnessinfectious particles
  • koroonaviiruse SARS-CoV-2 põhjustatud nakkushaigus, mille peamised sümptomid on köha, palavik ja hingamisraskused
COVID-19 abbreviation

Word forms

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Inflection Type 5

COVID-19 COVID-19-d
COVID-19 ( ~ COVID-19 ) COVID-19-te
COVID-19-t ( ~ COVID-19-t ) COVID-19-id

Notes

COVID-19 on ingliskeelne lühend ühendist coronavirus disease 2019.

Last modified 07.02.2025

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