Diseases in the world

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This is an opportunity to offer students some knowledge about the major infectious and parasitic diseases afflicting humans and other mammals. Focusing on selected key diseases such as the plague, tuberculosis, influenza and yellow fever, it will examine their history and literature, their causes, their consequences, both social and medical, and their treatment and prevention.

Related words and phrases (n.)

anthrax            炭疽        flu 流感
appendicitis       阑尾炎      First aid 急救
artery             动脉        headache 头痛
aspirin            阿司匹林    heart attack 心脏病
asthma             哮喘        hepatitis 肝炎
bacterium          细菌        infection 传染病
blood poisoning    败血症      leukemia 白血病
blood pressure     血压        measles 麻疹
blood sugar        血糖        metabolism 新陈代谢
cancer             癌          have an operation 动手术
pharmacy           药店        organ donation 器官捐赠
diagnosis          诊断        Parkinson’s disease 帕金森症
emergency room     急症室      plague 瘟疫
fever              发烧        prescription 处方
runny nose         流涕        Allergies 过敏
vaccination        接种        prostate 前列腺