deltacron
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This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.
Etymology
Noun
deltacron (uncountable)
- (medicine, informal, neologism) A double infection of the Delta variant and Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
- (medicine, informal, neologism) A recombinant form of SARS-CoV-2 resulting from Omicron and Delta
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