ReaL Book, Stage B: Workshop 5, Part 1

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  1. contagious
    (of disease) capable of being spread by infection
  2. disease
    an impairment of health
  3. epidemic
    a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease
  4. immunize
    perform vaccinations or inoculate against a disease
  5. infect
    contaminate with a disease
  6. symptom
    a sensation associated with a particular disease
    The symptoms of the flu were awful. Patients had bad headaches. They had high fevers.
  7. spread
    become distributed or widely circulated
    Soon flu spread across Europe.
  8. avoid
    stay away from
    People feared getting sick. They avoided public places.
  9. infection
    an incident in which a disease is transmitted
    Flu spread to other parts of the world. Finally, in the summer of 1918, the spread of the infection slowed down.
  10. virus
    infectious agent that replicates itself within living hosts
    Today, scientists know that the flu is caused by a virus. A virus is a type of germ, a tiny living thing that attacks the body and can make people sick.
  11. immune system
    the cells in the body that work together to fight disease
    Fortunately, the human body has an immune system. It protects the body against viruses and other germs.
  12. immune
    of the condition in which an organism can resist disease
    Fortunately, the human body has an immune system. It protects the body against viruses and other germs.
  13. protect
    shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage
    Fortunately, the human body has an immune system. It protects the body against viruses and other germs.
  14. overwhelm
    overcome by superior force
    But some flu viruses are able to overwhelm a body’s immune system. They can kill huge numbers of people.
  15. mystery
    something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
    Why the epidemic of 1918 was so deadly remains a mystery.
  16. vaccine
    injection of weakened or dead microbes to create antibodies
    In 1796, scientist Edward Jenner created a vaccine. This medicine contained dead smallpox viruses.
  17. contain
    hold or have within
    In 1796, scientist Edward Jenner created a vaccine. This medicine contained dead smallpox viruses.
  18. expose
    put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
    The vaccine gave people immunity to smallpox. They did not get sick when they were exposed to the virus.
  19. rare
    not common or widely distributed
    He feared that the little girl and her mother had died from a rare bird flu.
  20. assign
    delegate a task to
    Dr. Dowell is often assigned to live in a foreign country.
  21. confirm
    establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
    A test confirmed what Dr. Dowell had feared—the mother had died from a deadly bird flu strain called H5N1.
  22. determine
    find out or learn with certainty, as by making an inquiry
    The next step for Dr. Dowell was to determine how mother and daughter had caught the flu—and if they’d passed it on to others.
Created on Thu Apr 01 15:40:19 EDT 2021 (updated Wed Apr 07 09:54:52 EDT 2021)

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