"second wave" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: second waves [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} second wave (plural second waves)
  1. (virology) A phenomenon that can develop during a pandemic where after a group recovers and infections appear to decrease, another group becomes infected and causes a recurrence in cases. Categories (topical): Virology
    Sense id: en-second_wave-en-noun-00NPRDyq Topics: biology, microbiology, natural-sciences, virology
  2. second-wave feminism Categories (topical): Coronavirus
    Sense id: en-second_wave-en-noun-sAsw-JyX Disambiguation of Coronavirus: 32 68 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 85 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87

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