Delta variant

See also: delta variant and Delta Variant

English
This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.

Alternative forms
  • delta variant, Delta Variant, δ variant, δ-variant, Δ variant, Δ-variant

Noun

Delta variant

  1. The highly virulent B.1.617.2 strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.
    • 2021 July 2, The NT News, page 23, column 2:
      If no new cases come from the Buff Club exposure site, it will be hard to believe politicians scaremongering that the delta variant is so infectious that all you have to do is walk past an infected person to get it.

Synonyms
  • delta
  • Delta
  • delta strain
  • Delta strain
  • Delta Strain
  • double mutant strain (Indian English)
  • double mutant variant (Indian English)
  • double mutation strain (Indian English)
  • double mutation variant (Indian English)
  • India strain
  • India variant
  • Indian strain
  • Indian variant

Coordinate terms

Derived terms
  • Delta Plus
  • Delta plus
  • delta plus
  • delta plus variant
  • Delta Plus variant
  • Delta plus variant
  • Delta Plus Variant
  • Delta+
  • delta+
  • delta+ variant
  • Delta+ variant
  • Delta+ Variant
  • deltacron
  • Δ+
  • δ+
  • Δ+ variant
  • δ+ variant
  • δ+-variant
  • Δ+-variant

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