Vaccinate 504 Absolutely Essential Words Lesson 34 /ˈvæk.sɪ.neɪt/ (verb) to give someone a vaccine through injection to prevent a particular disease, inject, immunize, inoculate, jab, protect In our Data Explorer you can see our data on the cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccination doses administered. This is counted as a single dose, and may not equal …
Practice Reading & Listening on Cancer Practice Reading & Listening on Cancer for IELTS Watch this video on YouTube The genesis of cancer Today cancer causes one in every seven deaths worldwide. But how does cancer start and what is being done to combat it? Our bodies contain trillions of highly specialized cells, and each …
The Last Leaf by O. Henry The Last Leaf by O. Henry Available in the public domain through Gutenberg Project In a little district west of Washington Square the streets have run crazy and broken themselves into small strips called “places.” These “places” make strange angles and curves. One Street crosses itself a time or …
Malady 1100 Words You Need Malady 1100 Words You Need /ˈmæl.ə.di/ (noun) 1. a disease, illness, sickness, disorder, malaise: All the rose bushes seem to be suffering from the same mysterious malady. 2. a problem within a system or organization, issue, setback, drawback: Apathy is one of the maladies of modern society. Antonyms wellbeing
Emaciated 1100 Words You Need Emaciated 1100 Words You Need /ɪˈmeɪ.si.eɪ.tɪd/ (adj) very thin and weak, usually because of illness or extreme hunger, underweight, skinny, wasted, withered, shrunken, scraggy: There were pictures of emaciated children on the cover of the magazine. Antonyms plump Parts of Speech Verb: emaciate Noun: emaciation
Pathogenic GRE Vocabulary Flashcard Pathogenic GRE Vocabulary Flashcard /ˌpæθ.əˈdʒen.ɪk/ (adj) causing disease, able to cause disease, infectious, noxious, infecting, unhealthy: This type of virus is quite pathogenic and contagious. Parts of Speech Noun: pathogen Adverb: pathogenically Antonyms salubrious
Contagious Contagious (adj) /kənˈteɪ.dʒəs/ that can be transmitted from person to person by contact – transmittable – spreadable – transmissible – infectious: Flu is a common contagious disease, especially in the winter. Parts of speech Adverb: contagiously Noun: contagiousness Noun: contagion Antonyms noninfectious, harmless, benign
Epidemic Epidemic (adj & noun) /ˌep.ɪˈdem.ɪk/ noun: an outbreak of a disease – a fast-spreading disease, plague – a rapid growth in something – outbreak – outburst – increase – prevalent – widespread: Hundreds of people died on that island due to an epidemic of a viral disease. Antonyms restricted, decrease, quarantined, contained, limited Parts …
Chronic Chronic (adj) /ˈkrɒn.ɪk/ US /ˈkrɑː.nɪk/ (of a disease) lasting for a long time – long-lasting – enduring – always present – persistent – habitual – extremely bad: He’s suffering from chronic fatigue. A chronic disease is a long-term health condition that persists for an extended period, often for the rest of a person’s life, …
Viral Viral (adj) /ˈvaɪə.rəl/ US /ˈvaɪ-/ of a virus – virus-related – caused by virus – messages and media that are forwarded and become widespread on the internet: Flu and AIDS are viral diseases. Viral diseases are illnesses caused by viruses, which are tiny infectious agents that can only replicate inside the living cells of …