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【TED】Jaap de Roode: How butterflies self-medicate (Jaap de Roode: How butterflies self-medicate)
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CUChou posted on 2015/03/24Ever wondered if animals can self-medicate? This fascinating TED talk dives into how monarch butterflies fight off diseases by seeking out specific plants, offering a peek into the world of behavioral immunity and drug discovery! You'll pick up some awesome advanced vocabulary related to biology and infectious diseases while learning about this incredible natural phenomenon.
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treat
US /trit/
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UK /tri:t/
- Transitive Verb
- To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
- To use medical methods to try to cure an illness
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Something you buy for others as a surprise present
- something that tastes good and that is not eaten often
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US /dɪˈziz/
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UK /dɪˈzi:z/
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
- A disorder of structure or function in a plant, especially one caused by a pathogen.
- Transitive Verb
- To affect with disease; to corrupt or sicken.
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US /faɪnd/
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UK /faɪnd/
- Transitive Verb
- To become aware of something that is happening
- To discover or meet by chance
- Noun (Countable/Uncountable)
- Object discovered by chance
- Things that have been discovered from searching
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US /lai/
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UK /laɪ/
- Intransitive Verb
- To be in a horizontal or flat position
- To say something that you know is not true
- Countable Noun
- An untrue statement, when you know it is not true
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