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Unit 2: Fighting Diseases (Medicine) Flashcards

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It … mostly in tropical and subtropical parts of the world.

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occurs

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The place most intensely affected by malaria is Africa south of the Sahara Desert. About 60% of the world’s malaria cases and 80% of malaria deaths … there.

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occur

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The malaria cycle begins with tiny parasites that … in bodies of Anopbeles mosquitoes.

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reside

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When a female mosquito bites a human, the mosquito … blood.

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draws off

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These parasites quickly multiply inside the human and cause the … to feel sick.

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individual

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Becoming … with malaria is a medical emergency.

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infected

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The first … of malaria are fever, chills, sweating, … headache, and muscle pains. Nausea and vomiting often … these symptoms.

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symptoms, accompany

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Immediate … treatment must be a … for people who are infected.

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medical, priority

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If medical treatment is started soon enough, sick … can be cured.

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individuals

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If every infected person quickly took malaria medicine, most would be well in a few days. Mosquitoes could not get malaria from healthy …, so malaria would not … .

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individuals, spread

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Many people live in far-away villages without … to quick medical care.

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access

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The ability of quinine (the … medicine used against malaria) to kill parasite … over time.

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primary, has declined

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… could be sprayed in wet areas and around buildings to kill mosquitoes.

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insecticide

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It is very difficult, however, to … these plans.

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implement

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They cannot … to pay for medical care or to buy bed nets.

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afford

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The people may be unwilling to … with government efforts to help them.

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cooperate

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17
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Their old beliefs about illness may … with modern attempts to cure or prevent malaria.

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conflict

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Health … do not have the money to build clinics or hire trained medical … .

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ministries, practitioners

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They do not have the money to buy insecticide and pay a … force to spray regularly.

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labor

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Helping African nations control malaria is now a top … of many … organizations.

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priority, relief

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A … of law is someone licensed to represent someone else in legal matters.

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practitioner

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A nurse-… is a nurse who has had extra training and can … some services of a doctor.

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practitioner, perform

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A … is a governmental department that … the administration of one area of responsibility.

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ministry, oversee

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A ministry is headed by a … . He or she is in charge of the … duties of the department. The head of a government is often called the … .

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minister, ministerial, prime minister

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The United States government,has departments headed by … . The head of the government is called the … .

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secretaries, president

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Another common use of the word … is for a church leader, usually in a Christian church. … is his or her profession. He or she … to the people in the church.

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minister, The ministry, ministers

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The … of health heads the health … .

Health/Finance/Labor/Agricultural/Transportation … .

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Minister, ministry, ministry

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A conflict (noun, pronounced CON-flict) is a … or a … in ideas or plans. It can be serious or not, depending on the context.

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disagreement, difference

29
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Two nations had an armed … that lasted five years.

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conflict (n)

30
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Ms.Ellis had a schedule … . she had two meetings at 9 a.m.

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conflict (n)

31
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A conflict (verb, pronounced con-FLICT) means “to happen at the same time” or “to be in disagreement.” The adjective form is … .

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conflicting (adj)

32
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Her staff meeting … with a sales meeting.

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conflicts (adv)

33
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Two professors had … ideas about history.

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conflicting (adj)

34
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Head lice, tiny insects that lay their eggs in the hair of humans, have been an/a … problem in primary schools for many years.

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intense / serious (adj)

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Young children share combs,hats, and other headgear, which … the chance that they may pick up head lice from a friend.

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intensifies/ increases (v)

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Parents are sometimes … embarrassed when the school informs them that their child has head lice, but it is not their fault.

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intensely/extremely (V)

37
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There is … conflict in some schools about whether children should be allowed to attend school when they have head lice.

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intense/enormous (adj)

38
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Getting rid of lice requires … work.

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intensive/a lot of (adj)

39
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The child’s hair must be washed with an/a … chemical rinse. The parent must then closely search for remaining lice egg and pick them out.

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intense/strong (adj)

40
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Hospitals give patients with minor injuries the lowest … .

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priority

41
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Europeans … overseas searches for sources of the tree bark. After many years,scientists identified the … in the tree bark that … malaria.

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implemented, ingredient, cured

42
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By the 1960s, however, quinine’s ability to kill the malaria parasite … because the parasite was becoming … to it.

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had declined, resistant

43
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Taxol was being used in … treatments for certain kinds of cancer.

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intensive

44
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… to these rainforest plants is rapidly disappearing. Logging companies are cutting down the rainforest trees and selling the wood.

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Access

45
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commercial developers are … hard to clear the land for houses,farms, towns and road.

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laboring

46
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Clearly, the … of the scientists … with the … of the business people.

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priorities, conflict, priorities

47
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Modern drug companies are sending scientists, … by local translators, to work … with these village healer.

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accompanied, cooperatively

48
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If company scientists find a useful cure in a plant they test, they will identify the chemicals in the plant. Then company can manufacture a medicine that is chemically … .

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identical

49
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After giving birth, the new mothers … in one of two large rooms while they recovered.

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resided/lived

50
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An infection inside their bodies often … childbirth many years ago.

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accompanied/went along with

51
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He reasoned that something in the dirt was causing the infection. He … for weeks to improve the first room. Cleanliness became a … ,

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labored/worked hard, priority/matter of great importance

52
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Doctors wearing bloody clothes could not have … to the patients.

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access/contact with

53
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Nurse … and doctors had to wash their hands with a strong chemical before examining patients. Soon, the death rate … .

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practitioners/workers, declined/went down

54
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The word … usually refers to something becoming weaker, slower, or not as good.
The verb … is also used to reject or refuse something. eg: … an invitation, or … to answer questions.

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decline

55
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Grandfather’s health is … .

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declining (v)

56
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His doctor noticed a … in his weight.

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decline (n)

57
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As a verb, … means “to get or use something.”
As a noun, the word usually … in the phrase “have … to” something which means “to be able to get or use something.”
In adjective form is often used in relation to people who lack certain abilities.

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access, occurs, access

58
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Doctors need to … patient information when they are treating an illness.

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access (v)

59
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I couldn’t … my email.

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access (v)

60
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patients need to … information about drugs they are taking.

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have access to

61
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These bathrooms are … to students in wheelchair./ These bathrooms are wheelchair … .

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accessible (adj)

62
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The verb … means “to start using a plan, system, etc.” The noun … means ‘‘“Tool.”
a writing … : pen

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implement

63
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How will you … the new plan to control malaria?

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implement (v)

64
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Will everyone … to clinics?

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have access to

65
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Will you build more … facilities?

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medical

66
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Do you plans for … spraying?

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residential

67
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Will you ask neighboring countries to … with your effort?.

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cooperate

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