VOA慢速英语:印度致命脑损伤病毒暴发

mortality – n. the number of deaths in a given time or place

cremate – v. to burn (the body of a person who has died)

contract – v. to become ill with (a disease)

pandemic – n. an occurrence in which a disease spreads very quickly and affects a large number of people over a wide area or throughout the world

occurrence – n. something that happens

contaminate – v. to make (something) dangerous, dirty, or impure by adding something harmful or undesirable to it

encephalitis – n. medical inflammation of the brain that is caused especially by infection with a virus (such as herpes simplex or West Nile virus) or less commonly by bacterial or fungal infection or autoimmune reaction

coma – n. a state in which a sick or injured person is unconscious for a long time

transmission – n. the act or process by which something is spread or passed from one person or thing to another

vaccine – n. a substance that is usually injected into a person or animal to protect against a particular disease