The Hindu Editorial (Cutting risk) – Oct 26, 2019

The world polio day on October 24 marked an important milestone in the war against polio when the Global Commission for the Certification of Poliomyelitis Eradication officially… For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (Cutting risk) – Oct 26, 2019.

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Today’s word list-2 for The Hindu Editorial (Cutting risk) – Oct 26, 2019:

drive (verb) – campaign, crusade, movement, effort.
immunisation (noun) – the process whereby a person is made immune or resistant to an infectious disease, typically by the administration of a vaccine. Vaccines stimulate the body’s own immune system to protect the person against subsequent infection or disease.
complacency (noun) – self-satisfaction, self-approval, self-admiration.
poliomyelitis (noun) – it (polio) is a highly infectious viral disease, which mainly affects young children.
eradication (noun) – elimination, destruction, removal.
eradicate (verb) – eliminate, remove, get rid of.
put in place (phrase) – initiate, usher in, bring in.
endemic (adjective) – widespread, prevailing, common/ubiquitous.
open up (phrasal verb) – start to develop.
switch (noun) – change, move, shift.
bivalent (adjective) – (of homologous chromosomes) associated in pairs.
monovalent (adjective) – having a valency of one.
vaccine (noun) – a biological preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease.
synchronized (adjective) – concurrent, coinciding, happening/done at the same time.
trivalent (adjective) – having a valency of three.
strain (noun) – variety, kind, type.
account for (phrasal verb) – constitute, make up, comprise, form.
propensity (noun) – (natural) tendency, inclination, predisposition.
vaccine-associated paralytic polio (VAPP) – it is caused by a strain of poliovirus that has genetically changed in the intestine from the original attenuated vaccine strain contained in OPV. The oral polio vaccine (OPV) is an extremely safe and effective tool for immunizing children against polio.
virulent (adjective) – resentful, hostile/harsh, devastating.
vaccinate (verb) – immunize, protect from, safeguard from, shield from.