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this is an opportunity to offer students some knowledge about the major infectious and parasitic diseases afflicting humans and other mammals. focusing on selected key diseases such as the plague, tuberculosis, influenza and yellow fever, it will examine their history and literature, their causes, their consequences, both social and medical, and their treatment and prevention.
related words and phrases (n.)
anthrax 炭疽 flu 流感
appendicitis 闌尾炎 first aid 急救
artery 動脈 headache 頭痛
aspirin 阿司匹林 heart attack 心臟病
asthma 哮喘 hepatitis 肝炎
bacterium 細菌 infection 傳染病
blood poisoning 敗血症 leukemia 白血病
blood pressure 血壓 measles 麻疹
blood sugar 血糖 metabolism 新陳代謝
cancer 癌 have an operation 動手術
pharmacy 藥店 organ donation 器官捐贈
diagnosis 診斷 parkinson’s disease 帕金森症
emergency room 急症室 plague 瘟疫
fever 發燒 prescription 處方
runny nose 流涕 allergies 過敏
vaccination 接種 prostate 前列腺