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  1. chronic
    of long duration
    I have chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
  2. transplant
    place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
    Three months ago, I underwent an allogeneic stem-cell transplant, in which my wise, 52-year-old white blood cells were replaced by bewildered, low-functioning cells from an anonymous European donor.
  3. anonymous
    having no known name or identity or known source
    Three months ago, I underwent an allogeneic stem-cell transplant, in which my wise, 52-year-old white blood cells were replaced by bewildered, low-functioning cells from an anonymous European donor.
  4. donor
    someone who gives blood, tissue, or organs to another person
    Three months ago, I underwent an allogeneic stem-cell transplant, in which my wise, 52-year-old white blood cells were replaced by bewildered, low-functioning cells from an anonymous European donor.
  5. immunity
    the condition in which an organism can resist disease
    For the next seven months or so, until those cells mature, I have a newborn’s immunity; I am prey to illnesses like chickenpox, the measles and the flu.
  6. prey
    a person who is the aim of an attack by a hostile influence
    For the next seven months or so, until those cells mature, I have a newborn’s immunity; I am prey to illnesses like chickenpox, the measles and the flu.
  7. measles
    a contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots
    For the next seven months or so, until those cells mature, I have a newborn’s immunity; I am prey to illnesses like chickenpox, the measles and the flu.
  8. fatal
    bringing death
    These diseases are rarely fatal, unless you’re a newborn or someone with a suppressed immune system like me.
  9. suppressed
    manifesting or subjected to forceful prevention
    These diseases are rarely fatal, unless you’re a newborn or someone with a suppressed immune system like me.
  10. immune
    relating to or conferring resistance to disease
    These diseases are rarely fatal, unless you’re a newborn or someone with a suppressed immune system like me.
  11. vaccination
    taking a substance, usually by injection, against a disease
    Young babies, the immuno-compromised and people who get chemotherapy are not able to process most vaccinations.
  12. vaccine
    injection of weakened or dead microbes to create antibodies
    Live vaccines in particular, like those for measles and chickenpox, can make us sick.
  13. vaccinate
    produce immunity in by inoculation
    But if 75 percent to 95 percent of the population around us is vaccinated for a particular disease, the rest are protected through what is called herd immunity.
  14. discredit
    reject as false; refuse to accept
    This is partly due to Andrew Wakefield, a British doctor who published a paper, now discredited, in 1998 in The Lancet tying childhood vaccines to autism.
  15. autism
    a condition involving social and communication difficulties
    This is partly due to Andrew Wakefield, a British doctor who published a paper, now discredited, in 1998 in The Lancet tying childhood vaccines to autism.
  16. unwarranted
    incapable of being justified or explained
    As a result of these unwarranted fears, childhood diseases are returning.
  17. incidence
    the relative frequency of occurrence of something
    In 1990, the incidence was 2 per 100,000 people; in 2000 it was 3; by last year, it had risen to nearly 10.
  18. median
    relating to the middle value of an ordered set of values
    For each year between 2001 and 2008, the median number of cases in the United States was 56.
  19. vast
    unusually great in size or amount or extent or scope
    A vast majority of those who were sickened had not been vaccinated or had uncertain vaccination histories.
  20. majority
    the main part
    A vast majority of those who were sickened had not been vaccinated or had uncertain vaccination histories.
  21. influenza
    an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease
    During last year’s flu season there were 55,403 reported cases of influenza A and B; 116 children died of the disease.
  22. infirm
    lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
    We assist the infirm, pay our taxes and donate to charity, and getting vaccinated — for the flu, for adult whooping cough, for pneumonia — is just another important societal responsibility.
  23. pneumonia
    a serious illness of the lungs that makes it difficult to breathe
    We assist the infirm, pay our taxes and donate to charity, and getting vaccinated — for the flu, for adult whooping cough, for pneumonia — is just another important societal responsibility.
  24. societal
    relating to people in general
    We assist the infirm, pay our taxes and donate to charity, and getting vaccinated — for the flu, for adult whooping cough, for pneumonia — is just another important societal responsibility.
Created on Sun Jan 12 17:13:14 EST 2020 (updated Sun Jan 12 21:23:05 EST 2020)

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