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Covid-19
Words about Covid-19
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Undergraduate 4
11/21/2022

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zoonotic
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used to describe a disease that can be spread from animals to humans
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social distancing
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the practice of keeping a safe distance between yourself and other people in order to prevent the spread of disease
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pandemic
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a disease that spreads over a whole country or the whole world
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epidemic
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a large number of cases of a particular disease or medical condition happening at the same time in a particular community
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incubation
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(medical or biology) the time between somebody catching a disease and the appearance of the first symptoms
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quarantine
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a period of time when an animal or a person that has or may have a disease is kept away from others in order to prevent the disease from spreading
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self isolation
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the act of avoiding contact with other people in order to prevent the spread of infection
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COVID19
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a disease caused by a coronavirus that was first reported in 2019 and became a pandemic
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coronavirus
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a type of virus that can cause pneumonia and other diseases in humans and animals
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asymptomatic
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(of a person or illness) having no symptoms
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