To pass this unit, please study the 20 vocabulary words below.
- Common cold
- Contract an illness
- Coronavirus
- Covid-19
- Cure
- First manifested
- Flulike symptoms
- Ill
- Immune system
- Incubation period
- Infected
- MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome)
- Mortality rate
- Need be concerned about
- Play a role in
- SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome)
- Sneeze
- Sore throat
- Subsequently
- Treatment
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a normally harmless viral infection of the nose, throat, and upper respiratory tract
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"The common cold spreads through droplets in the air when someone who is sick coughs, sneezes or talks."
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to formally catch or acquire a sickness
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"It is possible, but not likely, to contract an illness while visiting a sick relative in the hospital."
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any one of a family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe pneumonia
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"You should avoid close contact with anyone showing symptoms of Coronavirus."
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the name given to the 2019 novel coronavirus
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"Current evidence on COVID-19 suggests that children are not especially at risk from severe illness."
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relieve symptoms of a disease or illness
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"There is no cure for the common cold because there are so many types and they mutate rapidly."
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first appeared
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"COVID-19 first manifested in Wuhan, China in December 2019."
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patients presenting with sneezing, fever, runny nose, etc
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"Flulike symptoms include fever, runny nose, sore throat, chills, and body aches."
Adjective
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suffering from sickness or feeling unwell
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"The woman got ill from eating sushi at a dubious restaurant in Arizona."
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bodily resistance to infection and toxins
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"Organs such as the thymus, bone marrow, and lymph nodes make up the immune system."
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the period from exposure to showing symptoms of an illness
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"In early 2020 the median incubation period of COVID-19 was thought to be 5 days."
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under the influence of a disease-causing entity
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"The man's flesh wound got infected by the time he was home from the camping trip."
Proper noun (thing)
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a viral respiratory illness first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012
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"Since September 2012, there have been more than 850 MERS deaths recorded around the world."
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a measurement of the number of deaths per unit of time
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"Given enough time, the mortality rate in humans is 100%."
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worrisome, or troubling
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"Lung cancer is definitely something tobacco smokers need be concerned about."
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to have an active part in something
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"Weather and social conditions can both play a role in the spreading of a virus."
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a viral respiratory disease of zoonotic origin which first occurred in 2002 in China and killed over 750 people
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"Chinese scientists traced the SARS virus to cave-dwelling horseshoe bats in Southern China."
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a sudden and involuntary expulsion of air and saliva, from the nose and mouth, accompanied by a loud and sometimes startling sound
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"A sneeze is often caused by irritation of the nostrils brought about by particles of dust, pollen, or animal dander."
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pain or irritation of the pharynx which worsens while swallowing
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"The first sign of a cold is often a sore throat which can last a few days."
Adverb
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occuring after, something else.
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"Many widely-accepted medical practices have subsequently been found to be useless or even dangerous."
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medical actions with the express intent of improving a medical condition, or symptom
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"If a hospital is completely full then non-essential treatment can be delayed for hours or even days."