In this video we explain vocabulary for talking about illness or the outbreak of disease and the difference in meaning between Endemic, Epidemic and Pandemic as well as when to use ‘die of’ and ‘die from’ correctly. You can use this vocabulary in medical conversations or to discuss the Covid-19 crisis in English.
Here, we introduce vocabulary related to illness and disease, such as ‘outbreak’, ‘contagion’, ‘virulent’, ‘endemic’, ‘epidemic', and ‘pandemic’. We also explain the difference between ‘die of’ and 'die from’ in spoken English.