Medical Detectives

Mrs. Hurst (United States of America)
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  1. culprit
    someone or something responsible for harm or wrongdoing
  2. fatal
    bringing death
  3. Monsieur
    used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr'
  4. incubation
    the time it takes for a pathogen to manifest symptoms
  5. transmitted
    occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
  6. eventually
    after an unspecified period of time or a long delay
  7. encephalitis
    inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus
  8. isolate
    place or set apart
  9. pathologist
    a doctor who specializes in medical diagnosis
  10. deliberately
    in a careful unhurried manner
  11. epidemic
    a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease
  12. cormorant
    large, dark-colored, long-necked seabird
  13. anxious
    causing or fraught with or showing nervousness
  14. strain
    a group of organisms within a species
Created on Fri Nov 08 13:25:32 EST 2013 (updated Fri Nov 08 14:07:33 EST 2013)

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