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Flattening the curve, asymptomatic cases, social isolation, and quarantine are just some of the many terms we have heard daily since the appearance of COVID-19. 

The Coronavirus situation changed the way we knew about life until now, how we related to each other, our jobs, and our plans. It changed aspects of our vocabulary, adding words that we would hardly use in another context in our most everyday conversations.

New COVID-19 vocabulary

Below, we have prepared a glossary of the most commonly heard terms and their meaning:

• Social Isolation
  Separate an individual or a group of people to prevent the spread of a transmissible disease.

• Social distancing
  A form of preventive measure to avoid the spread. It includes: not attending meetings, staying out of crowded places, keeping 6 feet away from other people.

• Asymptomatic
  An asymptomatic person may be infected with the new Coronavirus and have none of the symptoms of COVID-19.

• Coronavirus
  A family of viruses named for the shape of spikes that simulate crowns when seen under a microscope. In this family of Coronaviruses, there are so far seven that are known to affect people.

• COVID-19
  This is the name given to the disease that causes Coronavirus. (Just as the HIV virus causes AIDS disease, the SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus causes COVID-19. ) The main symptoms include a dry cough, fever, and breathing difficulties.

• SARS
  Its acronym literally stands for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. It is a type of Coronavirus that first infected people in 2002, and there have been no outbreaks since 2003. SARS causes fever, headache, body aches, dry cough, lack of oxygen, and sometimes pneumonia.

• SARS-CoV-2
  Literally, its acronym stands for Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2. Theoretically, this virus is believed to have started in animals and spread to humans. Although there is no certainty as to how it spreads from an animal to a human, SARS-CoV-2 is a "betacoronavirus," which means that its origin is in bats.

• Quarantine
  Separate a person or group of people who may have been exposed to a contagious disease to prevent its spread as much as possible. Quarantine includes staying at home and not receiving visitors. washing hands frequently and not touching your face

• Epidemic
  A sudden increase in the number of cases of a disease, which goes beyond the prognosis for a given area. The region and period in which cases occur can be precisely specified.

• Pandemic
  It's an epidemic that's happening all over the world. Or it has already spread to several countries or continents affecting large numbers of people.

• Flattening the curve
  Experts use the term "flattening the curve" to mean slowing down the process of spreading a virus so that the fewest people are infected and preventing them from seeking treatment at the same time.

• Ventilator
  When a patient has trouble breathing normally and is short of oxygen, a machine is provided to bring air into the lungs.

• Immunity
  It is the ability of the immune system to resist infection in the body. 

• Incubation Period
  It is the time between the time a person gets the virus and the start of symptoms. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the incubation period for the new Coronavirus is between 2 and 14 days after exposure.

• N95 respirator
  They are also called N95 mouthpiece or N95 mask. They serve to form an airtight seal around the nose and mouth by filtering at least 95% of the particles that enter.

• Vaccine
  A vaccine serves to build immunity to a given disease by activating the immune system. Through an injection, mouth, or nasal spray, the vaccine triggers a process in which it is unnecessary to contract the disease to develop immunity.