XBB

Translingual

Symbol

XBB

1. (international standards) ISO 4217 currency code for the European Monetary Unit; a unit of account.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with XEU, the code for the former European Currency Unit.

Proper noun

XBB

1. (virology) A variant of SARS-CoV-2 (“COVID-19 virus”), a sublineage of the Omicron variant (“B.1.1.529”), a recombinant strain resulting from the mixture of BA.2.10.1 and BA.2.75

Hypernyms

• B
• B.1
• B.1.1
• B.1.1.529
• B.1.1.529.2
• BA
• BA.2
• CoV
• SARS-CoV-2
• SARSr-CoV
• Virus

 

Hyponyms

• XBB.1
• XBB.1.5 (Kraken variant)

 

Derived terms

• XBB.1
• XBB.1.5

 

See also

• XBB on Wikipedia.Wikipedia