Vocabulary

• fall below: To decrease to less than a certain level or amount.
• such as: For example; like
• fend off: To defend and keep (threats) at distance
• in the news: Being widely reported in the media.
• evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
• thanks to: Because of; as a result of.
• on the go: Very busy and active.
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• ultimately: Done or considered as the final and most important
• trick: To fool someone in order to obtain a result
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• essential: Extremely or most important and necessary
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• viral: Of or caused by a virus
• susceptible: Likely to fall prey to, be drawn to or influenced
• day: A period of 24 hours beginning at midnight
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• trial: Hearing and judgment of a case in court
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• block: Solid piece of material used for building
• enzyme: A protein made by cells
• blood: Red liquid in the bodies of people and animals
• syndrome: A group of signs and symptoms of a disease
• cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
• mutation: Change that changes genetic structure
• host: Mass; a great number
• cell: Smallest unit of living things in biology
• die: Cube with dots numbering 1-6 on it used in games
• pneumonia: Serious illness affecting the lungs and breathing
• virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
• suppress: To prevent the display of emotion or feeling
• multiply: To increase in number by reproducing/having babies
• audible: Capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard
• medicine: Something used in treating illness or pain
• bloodstream: Blood flowing through the circulatory system
• deficiency: Lack of something that is necessary
• transmit: To broadcast by using signals to a radio/TV
• pharmaceutical: Concerning the science of drugs and medicines
• enter: To start a career or an education
• resistant: Not affected by something
• genome: Complete set of genetic material in an organism
• fuse: Device connected to and making a bomb explode
• fend: To try to manage for yourself without assistance
• mutate: To develop into another thing; change
• infect: To introduce a computer virus to
• transplant: A medical operation to replace organs of the body
• redefine: To give a new explanation of or reason for
• marrow: A soft, fatty tissue inside bones
• bodily: By moving the whole of something
• cubic: Measurement of the length, width, and height
• semen: Bodily fluid ejaculated from a man's penis
• asap: Shortened form of 'As soon as possible'
• millimeter: Unit of measure, 1/1000 of a meter (symbol mm)
• replication: Act of making more exact copies of itself
• zipper: Device with interlocking teeth to close pants, etc.
• retrovirus: Any of a group of viruses that contain two single-strand linear RNmolecules per virion and reverse transcriptase (RNto DNA); the virus transcribes its RNinto a cDNprovirus that is then incorporated into the host cell
• preventative: Intended to stop something bad from happening
• hiv: Infection by the human immunodeficiency virus
• helper: A person who assists someone
• rna: Long linear polymer of nucleotides that transmit genetic information from DNto cytoplasm