Coronavirus: A Glossary of Terms to Help You Understand the Unfolding Crisis
"Coironaviruses" got their name because they have a"crown" that reminded scientists of the corona of the sun, as seen here in a 2017 solar eclipse.wo of the most widely felt symptoms of the coronavirus are uncertainty and confusion. Part of this is about jargon. A doctor can make bad news even more alarming by using scientific terms that the patient doesn’t understand.
The news is a whirl of unfamiliar words, and so one place people are turning for a little clarity and comfort is the dictionary. At TIME’s request, Dictionary.com and Merriam-Webster analyzed their website traffic data to see which words users were looking up more than usual, in connection with coverage of the coronavirus. Using those insights, TIME has assembled a glossary for navigating this crisis, along with some context about where these words come from.
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