Meanings
alternative clipping Wu flu
- datedinformaloffensivesometimesuncountableCOVID-19.
The 10-year-old Chinese boy confined to isolation at Vachira Phuket Hospital yesterday on suspicion of carrying the Wuhan flu has tested negative for the virus and will rejoin his parents today (Jan 23), Phuket Provincial Health Office (PPHO) Chief Thanit Sermkaew has confirmed.
2020 January 23, Tanyaluk Sakoot, “Chinese Boy in Phuket Cleared of Wuhan Flu”, in Phuket News
Synonyms & antonyms
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
From Wuhan + flu, q.v., from its presumed origin in Wuhan, China, in late 2019.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Wuhan flu. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wuhan%20flu
“Wuhan flu.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wuhan%20flu. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Wuhan flu,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wuhan%20flu.
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