Meanings
- datedinformaluncountablepolitically offensive in Mainland ChinabiologyA form of pneumonia due to infection by a coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which is genetically similar to SARS and MERS.
This travel period overlapped with the time period after the announcement of the first case of Wuhan pneumonia (symptom onset on Dec 12, 2019) according to the Chinese health authority.
2020 January 24, Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan, “A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person-to-person transmission: a study of a family cluster”, in The Lancet^(https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30154-9/fulltext)Synonyms: COVID-19
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA form of pneumonia due to infection by a coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), which is genetically similar to SARS and MERS.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna viral disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 that caused a global pandemic in 2020
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
A respiratory disease first reported in Wuhan, China on December 31, 2019, from Wuhan + pneumonia.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 武漢肺炎 /武汉肺炎
- 武漢肺炎 /武汉肺炎 (mou⁵ hon³ fai³ jim⁴)form of pneumonia
Chinese Mandarin 武漢肺炎 /武汉肺炎
- 武漢肺炎 /武汉肺炎 (Wǔhàn fèiyán)form of pneumonia
Japanese 武漢肺炎
- 武漢肺炎 (Bukan haien)form of pneumonia
Korean 우한 폐렴
- 우한 폐렴 (Uhan pyeryeom)form of pneumonia
Spanish neumonía de Wuhan
- neumonía de Wuhanform of pneumonia
Cite this entry
Wuhan pneumonia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wuhan%20pneumonia
“Wuhan pneumonia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wuhan%20pneumonia. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Wuhan pneumonia,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wuhan%20pneumonia.
Source: Wuhan pneumonia on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.