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The covid-19 is something that we will never forget. Nowadays we have a lot information about this health crisis everywhere we look. But we can easily believe a fake new, or be uninformed about it, or just don't understand the technicals words. This article by by John Kelly, a Senior Research Editor for  Dictionary.com entitled "Coronavirus: The Words You Need To Understand"

 Here, 10 words (and their definitions) that I found the most importants ones.

coronavirus

Coronavirus refers to any of various RNA-containing spherical viruses of the family Coronaviridae, including several that cause acute respiratory illnesses.

Notable types of coronavirus are SARS, MERS, and COVID-19. COVID-19 is popularly referred to as (the) coronavirus or corona for short. COVID-19 is referred to as the novel coronavirus because it is a new (novel) virus (i.e., it hasn’t been detected before). Novel coronavirus can be abbreviated as nCoV.

COVID-19

COVID-19 is a highly infectious respiratory disease caused by a new coronavirus. The disease was discovered in China in December 2019 and has since spread around the world.

COVID is short for coronavirus disease. The number 19 refers to the fact that the disease was first detected in 2019.

The technical name of the virus that causes COVID-19 is severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, abbreviated as SARS-CoV-2.

zoonotic

Zoonotic means “relating to any disease of animals communicable to humans.” The noun form is zoonosis.

asymptomatic

Asymptomatic means “showing no evidence of disease.”

Just because a person is asymptomatic doesn’t mean they aren’t infected with COVID-19.

epidemic

An epidemic is a temporary prevalence of a disease spreading from person to person in a locality where that disease is not permanently prevalent.

incubation period

Incubation period means the period between infection and the appearance of signs of a disease.

physical distancing

Physical distancing is an alternative term for social distancing. Its use is being increasingly encouraged by some health professionals because the term emphasizes the importance of maintaining physical distance between people to help stop the spread of the disease. The term also emphasizes that people should still socialize using digital technology and social media while they are separated physically.

quarantine

Quarantine is a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.

symptom

Symptom is a phenomenon that arises from and accompanies a particular disease or disorder and serves as an indication of it.

flatten the curve

Flatten the curve means slowing the spread of an epidemic disease so that the capacity of the healthcare system doesn’t become overwhelmed. The curve represents the number of cases over time, and flattening that curve means preventing a huge surge of new cases in a very short period of time.