VOA慢速英语:也门医生与“灾难性”流行病作斗争

famine – n. a situation in which many people do not have enough food to eat

diarrhea – n. an infection that causes you to pass waste from your body and in liquid rather than solid form

contaminate – v. to infect by contact with someone or something

intravenous - adj. entering the body through a vein

kidney – n. either of two organs in your body that remove waste products from your blood and make urine

dehydrate – v. to lose too much water

disinfectant – n. a chemical substance that is used to kill germs and bacteria