The Hindu Opinion Article (Taking a holistic approach to dengue) – Jan 11, 2020

The advent of a new tetravalent vaccine against the dengue virus has thrown new light into the evidence-based management of dengue. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Opinion Article (Taking a holistic approach to dengue) – Jan 11, 2020.

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Today’s Advanced Word List 2 For The Hindu Opinion Article (Taking a holistic approach to dengue) – Jan 11, 2020:

1. holistic approach (noun) – (in health care) an integrated approach that treats the “whole” person, not simply symptoms and disease.
2. vaccination (noun) – treatment with a vaccine to protect against a particular disease; immunization.
3. vector (noun) – a biting insect (mosquito) that transmits a disease from one to another.
4. tetravalent (adjective) – having a valence of four.
5. vaccine (noun) – a biological preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease.
6. tetravalent vaccine (noun) – a vaccine indicated for the prevention of dengue disease caused by dengue virus.
7. double-blind (adjective) – relating to a method of research in which neither the participants nor the experimenters know who is receiving a particular treatment.
8. placebo-controlled (adjective) – relating to a method of research in which an inactive substance (a placebo) is given to one group of participants, while the treatment (usually a drug or vaccine) being tested is given to another group.
9. endemic (adjective) – widespread, prevailing, common/ubiquitous.
10. ambit (noun) – range, scope, limits.
11. tropical (adjective) – relating to the region of the Earth near to the equator and between the Tropic of Cancer in the northern hemisphere and the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere.
12. intermittent (adjective) – irregular, occasional, periodic.
13. sustenance (noun) – support, means, living.
14. Aedes aegypti (noun) – the main vector (a biting insect, mosquito) that transmits the Zika virus & also causes dengue.
15. dormant (adjective) – inactive, passive, inoperative.
16. hatch (verb) – (of an egg) open and produce.
17. sanitation (noun) – it generally refers to the provision of facilities and services for the safe disposal of human urine and faeces (Courtesy: WHO).
18. breeding (noun) – reproduction.
19. larvicide (noun) – an insecticide designed to kill larvae/larva.
20. adulticide (noun) – a pesticide designed to kill adult insects rather than their larvae.
21. larva (noun) – the active immature form of an insect.
22. dire (adjective) – bad, deficient, imperfect.
23. epidemiological (adjective) – relating to the study and analysis of the distribution, patterns and determinants of health and disease conditions in defined populations.
24. communicable disease (noun) – contagious, infectious, transmittable disease.
25. asymptomatic (adjective) – relating to a condition with no symptoms.
26. chronic (adjective) – persistent, long-term, continuing (or happening again and again for a long time).
27. ailment (noun) – disease, illness, disorder.
28. serotype (noun) – a group of organisms within a species that have the same type and number of surface structures.
29. cornerstone (noun) – focus/crux, fundamental principle, central component.
30. haemorrhagic (adjective) – produced by haemorrhage (it generally means a heavy bleeding within or from a body).
31. dengue shock syndrome (noun) – A syndrome due to the dengue virus that tends to affect children under 10, causing abdominal pain, hemorrhage (bleeding) and circulatory collapse (shock).
32. platelets (adjective) – tiny blood cells that help your body form clots to stop bleeding.
33. depletion (noun) – reduction, decrease, lowering.
34. exacerbate (verb) – make worse, worsen, aggravate, compound.
35. coagulation (noun) – also known as clotting, is the process by which blood changes from a liquid to a gel, forming a blood clot.
36. rampant (adjective) – widespread, present everywhere/pervasive, unrestrained/out of control.
37. primitive (adjective) – basic/elementary, undeveloped, unsophisticated.
38. in-vitro (adjective) – (of a process) performed or taking place in a test tube (or elsewhere outside a living organism).
39. anti-fertility (adjective) – tending to destroy fertility (the capability to produce offspring/the ability to have children).
40. guinea pig (noun) – a person used as subject for experiment/test.
41. efficacy (noun) – effectiveness, efficiency, power/ability to give estimated results.

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