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Hindu Editorial Topic 1 : "The Nipah test"
- Infection - a disease or other medical condition that is caused by bacteria or by a virus or a parasite
- Outbreak - the sudden start of war, disease, violence etc
- Emergency - an unexpected situation involving danger in which immediate action is necessary
- Pathogen - something such as bacteria or a virus that causes disease
- Trigger - to make something happen
- Lethal - very dangerous and able to kill you
- Ribonucleic acid - an important chemical present in all living cells
- Exceptional - much more or greater than usual
- Mutation - a change in the genes of a plant or animal that causes it to become different from others of its type
- Adapt - to change something to make it more suitable for a new use or situation
- Efficiently - in a way that shows the ability to work well and quickly and in an organized way
- Microbe - a very small living thing that you can see only with a microscope
- Infect - to make someone get a disease, that can be spread from one person to another
- Symptom - a sign that someone has an illness
- Encephalitis - a very serious disease affecting your brain that is caused by an infection
- Inflammation - an area on your body that is swollen, red, and painful because of an infection or injury
- Coma - a state in which someone is unconscious for a long time because they have been seriously injured or are extremely ill
- Disorientation - to make someone confused about where they are or what direction they are moving in
- Long-lasting - continuing for a long time
- Convulsion - violent movements of a person’s body that they cannot control
- Survive - to stay alive despite an injury, illness, war etc
- Stuttering - to move, work, or progress in a way that is not smooth or regular
- Transmission - a process by which a disease spreads from one person to another
- Fruit bat - a bat that eats fruit and lives in tropical regions
- Reservoir - a large supply of something
- Caregiver - someone who looks after a person who is ill or unable to look after themselves
- Secrete - to produce a liquid such as saliva
- Fatality - a death caused by an accident, war, violence, or disease
- Subcontinent - a large area of land that forms part of a continent, especially the part of Asia that contains the countries of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
- Acquire - to get something
- Palm - a palm tree
- Contaminated - made dirty, polluted, or poisonous by the addition of a chemical, waste, or infection
- Droppings - the faeces (=solid waste) of animals or birds
- Preliminary - coming before the main or most important part of something
- Contagious - a contagious disease spreads from one person to another through touch or through the air
- Combat - an attempt to stop something bad or to solve a difficult problem
- Efficiency - the ability to work well and produce good results by using the available time, money, supplies etc in the most effective way
- Diagnostic - used for finding out what physical or mental problem someone has
- Commend - to praise someone or something formally or publicly
- Adequate - good enough or large enough for a particular purpose
- Precaution - something done to protect people or things against possible harm or trouble
- Regimen - a programme of medical treatment, exercise, or special food for improving your health or appearance
- Master - to learn something thoroughly so that you know it or can do it very well
- Preventable - capable of being prevented
- Address - to give attention to or deal with a matter or problem
- Discontent - the unhappy feeling that you have when you are not satisfied with something
- Hardship - a situation in which life is very difficult, usually because you do not have enough money
- Protester - someone who publicly shows their opposition to something such as a law or policy
- Step down - to leave an official position or job, especially so that someone else can take your place
- Crisis - an urgent, difficult, or dangerous situation
- Emphatic - said or shown in a very strong clear way
- Reconcile - if you reconcile two people or groups, or if they reconcile, they become friendly again after a disagreement
- Embattled - experiencing a lot of problems and likely to be defeated or destroyed
- Turnout - the number of voters in an election
- Potential - possible or likely in the future
- Successor - someone who has an important position after someone else
- Detention - the state of being kept in a police station or prison and not being allowed to leave
- Protest - a strong complaint expressing disagreement, disapproval, or opposition
- Alleging - to say that something is true or that someone has done something wrong or illegal, even though this has not been proved
- Brutal - extremely violent
- Misrule - bad government of a country
- Mismanagement - the process of managing something badly
- Umbrella - a single large group that separate groups belong to or are protected by
- Coalition - a temporary union of different political parties that agree to form a government together
- Boycott - to not take part in an event, or to not buy or use something as a protest
- Sham - something that people pretend is good, serious, or honest but is really not
- Rival - a person, team, or business that competes with another
- Countenance - to approve of something, or to allow something to happen
- Regime - a system or form of government
- All but - almost
- Concern - a feeling of worry about something, especially one that a lot of people have about an important issue
- Incidence - the number of cases of an illness or a medical condition in a particular place, group, or situation
- Eradicate - to get rid of something completely, especially something bad
- Promptly - immediately
- Emphasis - special importance or attention that is given to one thing in particular
- Inflation - an economic process in which prices increase so that money becomes less valuable
- Ration - amounts of food that are provided for people who do not have enough or for people such as soldiers
- Rampant - existing, happening, or spreading in an uncontrolled way
- Unrest - disagreements or fighting between different groups of people
- Concerted - involving a lot of people or organizations working together in a determined way
- Sanction - an official order to stop communication, trade, etc with a country that has broken international law
- Possibly - likely to happen or be true, but not certain
- Embargo - a government order preventing trade with another country
- Impact - an effect, or an influence
- Cede - to allow someone to take something such as power or land away from you
- Dissent - strong disagreement, especially with what people in authority think or with what the majority of people think
- Rolling back - to remove something, or to reduce the influence of something
- Confrontational - behaving in a way that shows you want to have an argument or fight with someone
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