The Hindu Editorial (Towards a new normal) – Aug 01, 2020

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Today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (Towards a new normal) – Aug 01, 2020:

the new normal (phrase) – an earlier unusual situation that becomes a standard now.
vaccine (noun) – a biological preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease.
in sight (phrase) – near at hand, close to being realized; visible, noticeable.
the vulnerable (noun) – a weak/neglected person who is in need of special care/support.
lockdown (noun) – an emergency protocol implemented by the authorities that prevents people from leaving from a place; An extended state of confinement/encirclement/isolation of a person by the authority.
combat (verb) – fight, tackle, confront, defy/resist.
pandemic (noun) – the worldwide spread of a new disease; The illness spreads around the world and typically affects a large number of people across a wide area.
unrelenting (adjective) – unceasing, unabating, unflagging, unstoppable.
case fatality rate/ratio (noun) – in epidemiology, the proportion of people who die from a particular disease compared to all individuals diagnosed with the disease over a certain period of time.
relatively (adverb) – comparatively, proportionately, somewhat, to a certain extent/degree.
prevalence (noun) – it refers to the number of cases of a disease that are present in a particular population at a given time whereas “incidence” refers to the number of new cases that develop in a given period of time.
serology (noun) – a method of diagnostic examination of blood serum concerning immune system’s response to pathogens (pathogen is something, like bacteria/virus, that causes disease). (serum is an amber (yellowish-orange), watery fluid, rich in proteins, obtained from blood that has coagulated whereas plasma is a clear yellowish fluid part of the blood, contains blood clotting agents-Fibrinogen).
overworked (adjective) – overtaxed, overburdened, overloaded, exhausted, fatigued.
fatigue (noun) – tiredness, weariness, exhaustion.
impatience (noun) – restlessness, irritability, frustration, annoyance.
on the rise (phrase) – increasing.
utmost (adjective) – greatest, maximum, most extreme.
vigil (noun) – surveillance, close watch, monitoring.
sustain (verb) – continue, carry on, extend, retain.
intra- (prefix) – within.
inter- (prefix) – between.
do away with (phrasal verb) – abolish, discard, remove.
adaptation (noun) – adjustment, familiarization, habituation.
measure (noun) – step, action, course of action, plan of action, procedure.
evidently (adverb) – obviously, clearly, visibly, distinctly.
bring down (phrasal verb) – decrease, reduce, lower.
fatality (noun) – death, casualty, mortality/loss.
first of all (phrase) – most importantly.
step out (phrasal verb) – leave a building/place for a short period of time.
far (adverb) – much, very much, noticeably, considerably.
superior (adjective) – better.
turn out (phrasal verb) – transpire, emerge; happen/occur.
asymptomatic (adjective) – relating to a condition/person with no symptoms.
symptomatic (adjective) – relating to a condition/person with symptoms.
pre-symptomatic (adjective) – relating to a condition/person with mild illness/symptoms.
thrust area (noun) – significant, important, essential area (of work/research).
diagnosis (noun) – identification, recognition, detection (of an illness/disease from its signs and symptoms).
go a long way (phrase) – achieve great success.
containment (noun) – an act of keeping something (harmful) under control (it means quickly identifying cases of coronavirus through testing, placing infected individuals in isolation, tracking who infected persons might have been in contact with and potentially quarantining those who came into contact with infection so that the disease doesn’t continue to spread).
dependence on (noun) – reliance on, need for, confidence in.
antigen (noun) – disease causing organisms (bacteria & viruses) and other harmful/toxic foreign substances like insect venom that induce an immune response in the body.
rapid antigen test (RCT) (noun) – It is a test on swabbed nasal samples that detects antigens (foreign substances that induce an immune response in the body) that are found on or within the SARS-CoV-2 virus. It is a point-of-care test, performed outside the conventional laboratory setting, and is used to quickly obtain a diagnostic result. In a reliable rapid antigen detection test, the maximum duration for interpreting a positive or negative test is 30 minutes.
RT-PCR testing (noun) – Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) Testing; it is one of the most accurate laboratory methods for detecting, tracking, and studying the coronavirus. It is a nuclear-derived method for detecting the presence of specific genetic material from any pathogen, including a virus. (pathogen is a bacteria/virus that causes disease).
address (verb) – tackle, deal with, attend to, try to sort out.
epidemiological (adjective) – relating to the study and analysis of the distribution, patterns and determinants of health and disease conditions in defined populations.
crop (verb) – cut short, shorten, remove.
disaggregated (adjective) – separated, divided; disaggregated data is a data that has been broken down by detailed sub-categories, for example by marginalised group, gender, region or level of education.
micro-planning (noun) – planning work done at regional and local levels to improve the operation of the public health care system; bottom-up planning.
localised (adjective) – restricted to a particular place/area.
localized behavioral response (noun) – a behavioural response requires the actions and interactions of the people to try to maintain a balance in their restricted/local area.
proclivity (noun) – liking, inclination, tendency/leaning.
self-defeating (adjective) – futile, pointless, useless.
harvest (verb) – acquire, obtain, get, gather.
normalcy (noun) – a normal condition; normality, regularity.
albeit (conjunction) – though, even though, however.