{"id":12755,"date":"2020-03-26T14:22:11","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T14:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winandwinnow.com\/site\/?p=12755"},"modified":"2026-03-25T18:16:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T18:16:45","slug":"covid-19-outbreak-the-terminology-of-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/winandwinnow.com\/site\/covid-19-outbreak-the-terminology-of-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Outbreak: The Coronavirus Terminology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The past few weeks have been challenging to everyone worldwide, on every level. On the linguistic level, the demand for information and communication regarding the pandemic has been constant and urgent. As a result, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">daily updates and recommendations must be released<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, as the terminology of coronavirus is defined.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to help with Medical and Healthcare terminology, we have compiled some information on terms related to the COVID-19.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><i>coronavirus (noun):<\/i><\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Definition<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It\u2019s the common term to refer to any virus of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coronaviridae <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">family.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recommended spelling<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Written in a single word, without a hyphen or space between and with a lowercase initial. It varies in its plural form: <strong>coronaviruses<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b><i>COVID-19 (noun):<\/i><\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Definition<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: From <\/span><b>COVID <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Blend of coronavirus + \u200edisease) and the year 2019.\u00a0 It&#8217;s an acute, sometimes fatal, viral disease caused by infection with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recommended spelling<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The name of the disease is COVID-19, written in capital letters and with a hyphen before the double digits, according to the guidelines from the WHO (World Health Organization). However, when lexicalizing this name in a general text using lowercase, the recommendation is not to leave the initial capital letter, since it&#8217;s a common name of a disease; it&#8217;s <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">covid-19<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, not Covid-19.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Other designations<\/em>:<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease <\/strong>(former designation, noun).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>2019-nCoV ARD<\/strong> (former designation, noun)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b><i>SARS-CoV-2 (noun):<\/i><\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Definition<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It&#8217;s the official identification of the virus causing the COVID-19, according to the International Committee for the Taxonomy of Viruses . However, people still frequently use the provisional name <em>2019-nCoV<\/em>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recommended spelling<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The name of the virus is SARS-CoV-2, which refers to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome CoronaVirus 2.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Other designations<\/em>:<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>2019-nCoV<\/strong> (former designation, noun).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b><i>Epidemic (noun):<\/i><\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Definition<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It&#8217;s the occurrence of a higher number of disease cases than expected in a given area over a specific period of time.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b><i>Pandemic (noun):<\/i><\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Definition<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: An epidemic which occurs worldwide or over a very wide area, crossing international borders. It usually affects a large number of people.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b><i>Quarantine:<\/i><\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Definitions<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(noun) It&#8217;s a measure to which people or animals are subjected to for a period of time, for health reasons. It consists in separating those who have been exposed to a disease from others during the said disease&#8217;s incubation period, in order to prevent the spread of a disease.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(verb) To put (a person or an animal) in quarantine.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b><i>Isolation (noun):<\/i><\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Definition<\/em>:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A measure to prevent the spread of a disease. It consists in the complete separation of the infected person or animal from others.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><b><i>Incubation (noun):<\/i><\/b><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>Definition<\/em>:<\/span> It&#8217;s t<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">process<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">period<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">time<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in which <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">harmful<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bacteria<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">viruses<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">increase<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">size<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">number<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in a person&#8217;s or animal&#8217;s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">body,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> but do not <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">yet<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">produce<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">effects<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">disease<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you need linguistic assistance in regards to COVID-19 (information, communication, etc), <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/winandwinnow.com\/site\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">contact us for special quotes and urgency on your requests!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sources:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2015, &#8220;World Health Organization Best Practices for the Naming of New Human Infectious Diseases&#8221;, in WHO\/HSE\/FOS\/15.1.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2020, Translation Bureau of the Government of Canada, \u201cGlossary on the COVID-19 pandemic\u201d, in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TERMIUM Plus<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00ae (access: 20\/3\/2020).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2020, <a href=\"http:\/\/fundeu.fiile.org.ar\/page\/recomendaciones\/id\/340\/title\/-coronavirus-%2C-en-una-sola-palabra-y-con-min%C3%BAscula\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fund\u00e9u<\/a> (Fundaci\u00f3n Instituto Internacional de la Lengua Espa\u00f1ola), access: 20\/3\/2020.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The past few weeks have been challenging to everyone worldwide, on every level. 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