Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A variable measure of length in use in India and neighboring countries. The covids of Batavia, Madras, Bombay, and Calcutta are stated at from 18 to 18.6 inches; those of Mocha and Sumatra at from 15 to 16 inches. The covid of China is the chin, equal to 14.1 inches.
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Examples
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I covid tell this was hard for her, but I needed to kncggw how she felt.
Cat & Mouse Patterson, James 1997
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“I couldn’t be more pleased to announce that, as of today, the covid vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant woman has been removed from the CDC recommended immunisation schedule,” he said in a video posted to the social media platform X on 27 May. Despite his directive, the CDC has, so far, only made minor changes to its guidance on covid-19 vaccines. Instead of recommending them for children outright, it now recommends vaccination “based on shared clinical decision-making”.
US stops endorsing covid-19 shots for kids – are other vaccines next? Grace Wade 2025
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Kennedy’s announcement is in line with some other countries’ covid policies.
US stops endorsing covid-19 shots for kids – are other vaccines next? Grace Wade 2025
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The popular podcast host Joe Rogan claimed to have taken it when he was sick with covid in 2021.
The truth about ivermectin’s supposed health benefits Grace Wade 2025
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The findings could also shed some light on long covid, which seems to be more common among women.
Covid-19 seems to age blood vessels – but only among women Luke Taylor 2025
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Nevertheless, Vassilios Vassiliou at the University of East Anglia in the UK says the study is robust and could help identify people with long covid.
Covid-19 seems to age blood vessels – but only among women Luke Taylor 2025
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“If I were a cancer survivor, I would make sure I was vaccinated against the common respiratory viruses like flu, covid, so on,” says DeGregori.
Covid-19 and flu may reawaken dormant cancer cells in the lungs Carissa Wong 2025
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We know that many people with long covid experience brain fog, but years after the arrival of covid-19, the pandemic’s broader neurological impact is far from fully understood.
The pandemic may have aged our brains even before we caught covid-19 Luke Taylor 2025
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Folch’s new book How the World Flows: Microfluidics from raindrops to covid tests, is a dazzling exploration of the myriad ways that microfluidics underpins our world.
This book could convince you to become an engineer Karmela Padavic-Callaghan 2025
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This has become a trend in many adults, who describe experiencing symptoms of “long covid” for weeks or months after they first became unwell.
Have we been thinking about covid-19 symptoms all wrong? #author.fullName} 2020
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These debates have been supercharged by the rise of long Covid, a patient-coined term invoking post-viral chronic illness that lingers after sufferers have ostensibly recovered from SARS-CoV-2.
We Might Have Long Covid All Wrong Natalie Shure 2023
ry commented on the word covid
anyone else want to pretend this is all it means?
March 25, 2020
mario500 commented on the word covid
I would rather use this word in accordance with the definition here than use it in referencing a certain disease.
November 20, 2020
bilby commented on the word covid
Yeah well after 57 million confirmed cases worldwide, denial is probably off the menu.
November 20, 2020
madmouth commented on the word covid
there's like, nothing mankind can't denial about it's our species superpower
November 20, 2020
ry commented on the word covid
I think language is our superpower and denial our tragic flaw. Along with apophenia probably.
November 22, 2020
mario500 commented on the word covid
"Yeah well after 57 million confirmed cases worldwide, denial is probably off the menu."
(wonders about why this message was posted here)
August 23, 2021