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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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pathogen | n: a bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that causes disease | |
emerge | v: to move out of or away from something and become visible | |
healthcare | n: the organized activity or business of preserving mental and physical health by preventing or treating illness through services offered by the health profession | |
vulnerable | adj: capable of being hurt or influenced physically or mentally | |
urgent | adj: requiring immediate attention or action; pressing | |
vaccine | n: a substance that is put into the body and protects them from disease by causing them to produce antibodies (= proteins that attack harmful bacteria, viruses, etc.) | |
widespread | adj: existing or happening in various places or among many people | |
immunity | n: the ability of an organism to resist infection or disease, often due to the presence of antibodies | |
minimal | adj: tiny in amount; the least possible | |
develop | v: to grow or expand; to improve or refine through a process of progress and refinement, often to achieve greater sophistication or complexity; to elaborate or add detail to something that is in the process of being created | |
split | v: to divide, or to make something divide into two or more parts, especially along a particular line | |
phase | n: any stage in a series of events, change, or development | |
explore | v: to travel to or penetrate an area or a country to learn about it; to thoroughly examine a subject or a possibility to learn more about it | |
experiment | n: the scientific test conducted to observe what happens and gain new knowledge | |
replica | n: an exact copy of something such as a work of art | |
vet | n: (also a veterinarian) a person who has a medical degree trained to examine and take care of the health of animals; (verb) to carefully examine, investigate, or evaluate someone or something, often for the purpose of determining suitability or eligibility | |
lab | n: a workplace for the conduct of scientific research; a laboratory | |
clinical | adj: of or relating to the examination and treatment of patients rather than theoretical or laboratory studies | |
evaluate | v: to assess or estimate the quality, significance, quantity, or value of something | |
fin | n: a thin flat part on the body of a fish or other aquatic animal used for propulsion or balance | |
manufacture | v: to make goods in large numbers, usually in a factory using machines | |
distribute | v: to give something to a large number of individuals, or to spread or furnish something | |
circumstance | n: the specific conditions or events that surround a particular situation or occurrence | |
process | n: a series of actions or operations performed to achieve a particular outcome or goal; a systematic procedure or approach used to accomplish a specific task or objective; a method of treating milk to make it suitable for consumption or use in other dairy products | |
pandemic | n: an outbreak of a disease that affects many people over a very wide area | |
employ | v: to give somebody a job and pay them for it; to make use of | |
numerous | adj: amounting to a large indefinite number | |
strategy | n: a detailed plan of action designed to achieve a long-term or overall goal. | |
flexible | adj: able to change or be changed to suit new conditions or situations; able to bend easily | |
introductory | adj: intended as an introduction or preliminary; serving as a base or starting point | |
immune | adj: protected against a particular disease or toxin due to the presence of specific antibodies or sensitized white blood cells | |
virus | n: a tiny infectious organic material that causes disease in people, animals, and plants | |
bacteria | n: single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms that exist in large numbers in the air, water, and soil, and also in living and dead creatures and plants, and are often a cause of disease | |
antibody | n: a substance produced in the blood that attacks and kills harmful bacteria, viruses, etc., to fight disease | |
infection | n: a condition in which pathogenic microorganisms or viruses have entered the body | |
trigger | v: to make something happen suddenly; to cause something such as a device, machine, etc. to function | |
tradition | n: a belief, custom, or way of doing something that has been passed down from generation to generation within a group or society | |
attenuate | v: to weaken or reduce the intensity of something, such as a sound, feeling, or substance; to make something thinner or less dense | |
resilient | adj: able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions | |
rely | v: to require a specific thing or the assistance and support of someone or something to continue, run properly, or succeed. | |
viral | adj: relating to or caused by a virus | |
strain | n: a force or pressure that stretches or pulls something, sometimes causing damage; (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups | |
cult | n: a small religious group, especially one that is not part of a larger religion and that is regarded as outside the norm; followers of an exclusive system of beliefs and practices | |
tissue | n: an ensemble of similar cells of the animal or plant that together carry out a specific function | |
inactivate | v: to make something idle or inoperative; to release from military service or remove from the active list of military service | |
acid | n: sour; water-soluble chemicals with a sour flavor; any of a variety of generally liquid compounds capable of reacting with and occasionally dissolving other materials | |
radiation | n: the energy that comes from a nuclear reaction in the form of rays, waves, or particles and that can be hazardous to health | |
inject | v: to put a liquid such as a drug or other substance into a person’s or an animal’s body using a needle and syringe (= small tube) | |
harmless | adj: not able or not likely to cause damage or harm | |
fragment | n: a small piece or part broken off or detached | |
protein | n: a molecule made up of a long chain of amino acids, which is essential for the structure and function of the body’s tissues | |
technique | n: a particular way or art of doing something that needs skill | |
robust | adj: sturdy and healthy in form, constitution, or construction; strong enough to withstand or overcome intellectual challenges or adversity | |
con | n: an argument opposed to a proposal; a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property; (verb) to be against or opposed to something | |
guarantee | v: to promise something will happen formally, especially that certain conditions about a product, service, or transaction would be met | |
time-consuming | adj: requiring a significant amount of time or effort to complete | |
simultaneously | adv: at the same time | |
coronavirus | n: a large family of viruses that can cause illness in humans and animals, which name comes from the crown-like spikes on the surface of the virus, which can be seen under a microscope, and COVID-19 is caused by a specific type of coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 | |
deem | v: to consider or decide something in a particular way | |
alternative | n: one of two or more available possibilities or choice | |
unpredictable | adj: not capable of being foreseen or calculated; not regular or certain | |
consist | v: to be composed or made up of | |
intense | adj: (especially of a feeling) very strong; extremely sharp or severe | |
determinant | n: a factor, circumstance, or condition that contributes to the shaping, influencing, or determining of a particular outcome or result | |
delivery | n: the act of taking or sending something to a destination; the bringing of a baby during childbirth | |
schedule | n: a list of planned activities, tasks, or things that must be completed showing when they are intended to happen or be done | |
identify | v: to recognize someone or something and say or prove who or what they are | |
negative | adj: having the quality of something bad or harmful; expressing refusal | |
reaction | n: a response that reveals a person’s feelings or attitude; (in chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others | |
variable | adj: likely to change or vary often; (noun) a symbol, like x or y, that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a value that may be changed | |
incredibly | adv: in a way that is very difficult to believe; exceedingly or extremely | |
extreme | adj: very great in amount or degree | |
strict | adj: strongly limiting someone’s freedom; allowing no deviation from a standard, rule, belief, etc. | |
criteria | n: (plural of criterion) standards or conditions by which something may be judged or decided | |
occasionally | adv: now and then; sometimes but not often | |
expedite | v: to accelerate or speed up a process or task to make it happen more quickly or efficiently; to facilitate the progress of something | |
lever | n: a handle used to operate a vehicle or a machine; a rigid bar resting on a pivot so that one end of it can be pushed or pulled easily | |
approve | v: to think that someone or something is favorable, acceptable, or appropriate; to officially accept a plan, request, etc. | |
adapt | v: to make fit for or change to suit a new purpose or environment | |
influenza | n: (formal for flu) a highly contagious viral disease that causes fever, severe aching, and catarrh and often occurs in epidemics | |
well-established | adj: firmly established and widely recognized; having a long history of success or acceptance in a particular field or industry | |
nation | n: a large organized community of people living in a particular country or region and having a particular culture | |
regulatory | adj: having the power to control or restrict something such as business or industry according to rules or principles | |
blend | v: to mix or combine two or more substances | |
biology | n: the scientific study of life and the natural processes of living things | |
chemical | adj: relating to or connected with chemistry; | |
component | n: one of several parts that combines with others to form something bigger | |
pipeline | n: a very long large tube that is usually underground and is used for carrying liquid or gas for long distances | |
parallel | adj: being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting; of or relating to the simultaneous performance of multiple operations | |
constant | adj: happening repeatedly or all the time | |
coordination | n: the act of making all the people involved in a plan or activity work together effectively; the ability to control different parts of the body effectively | |
scrap | n: a small piece or amount of something, especially leftover from a larger whole | |
advance | v: to go or move forward; to develop in a positive way | |
preliminary | adj: serving as a preparation for something more important or extensive; introductory; taking place before the main event or decision | |
swap | v: to give something and receive something in trade | |
genetic | adj: of or relating to genes (= parts of the DNA in cells) or the science of genes | |
mRNA | n: (an abbreviation for messenger RNA) a single-stranded molecule of RNA that corresponds to the genetic sequence of a gene, and is read by a ribosome in the process of synthesizing a protein | |
dramatically | adv: in a very impressive manner | |
breakthrough | n: a sudden, dramatic, and important discovery or development that helps to improve a situation or provide an answer to a problem | |
cooperate | v: to work together with one or more people or organizations to achieve a goal | |
divide | v: to separate or cause to separate into parts or groups | |
conquer | v: to bring under control by force or authority |