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| epidemic | widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time. |
| pandemic | when the occurrence of an infectious disease spreads worldwide. |
| endemic | denoting an area in which a particular disease is regularly found |
| antibiotics | medicine that inhibits the growth of or destroys microorganisms |
| bacterium | the microscopic organisms - plural is bacteria |
| pneumonic | having to do with the respiratory system - aka the lungs |
| virulent | a disease (or poison) extremely severe or harmful in its effects. |
| mutation | a distinct form resulting from a change in the structure of a gene. |
| cordon sanitaire | a guarded line preventing anyone from leaving an area infected by a disease and thus spreading it. |
| urban | densely populated large cities |
| rural | sparsely populated “country side.” |
| vaccine | provide immunity against one or several diseases |
| immunity | the ability of an organism to resist a particular infection or toxin |
| herd immunity | the resistance to the spread of a contagious disease within a population that results if a sufficiently high proportion of individuals are immune to the disease, especially through vaccination. |
| R0 or “R naught” | scientists use this number to tell us how many susceptible people, on average, each sick person will in turn infect. |
| eradication | current context / global elimination of the threat of a disease. |
| novel | current context / it just means NEW |
| corona | shaped like a crown |
| parasitic | relying on or exploiting others organisms |
| mitigation | the action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something. |
