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-meter =
measure
Ex:barometer
noun
· 1.
an instrument measuring atmospheric pressure, used especially in forecasting
the weather and determining altitude.
· 2.
something that reflects changes in circumstances or opinions:
furniture is a barometer of changing
tastes
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Therm- = hot,heat
Ex:thermometer
noun
·
1. an instrument for measuring and indicating
temperature, typically one consisting of a narrow, hermetically sealed glass
tube marked with graduations and having at one end a bulb containing mercury
or alcohol which extends along the tube as it expands.
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Bath- = feeling
Ex:sympathy
noun
· 1.
feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune:
they had great sympathy for the flood victims
· 2.
the formal expression of pity or sorrow for someone else's misfortune;
condolences:
all Tony's friends joined in sending their sympathies to his
widow Jean
· 3.
understanding between people; common feeling:
the special sympathy between the two boys was obvious to all
· 4.
support in the form of shared feelings or opinions:
his sympathies lay with his constituents
Synonym : agreement, favor, approval, approbation, support, encouragement, partiality, association, alignment, affiliation
· 5.
agreement with or approval of an opinion or aim; a favorable attitude:
I have some sympathy for this view
· 6.
relating harmoniously to something else; in keeping:
repairs had to be in sympathy with the original structure
· 7.
the state or fact of responding in a way similar or corresponding to an
action elsewhere:
the magnetic field oscillates in sympathy
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Mal- = bad
Ex:malignant
adjective
· 1.
(of a disease) very virulent or infectious.
Synonym
: virulent,
very infectious, invasive, uncontrollable, dangerous, deadly, fatal, incurable,
life-threatening
· 2.
(of a tumor) tending to invade normal tissue or to recur after removal;
cancerous.
· 3.
malevolent:
in the hands of malignant fate
Synonym
: spiteful, malicious, malevolent,
evil-intentioned, vindictive, vengeful, malign, mean, nasty, hurtful, mischievous,
wounding, cruel, unkind, bitchy, catty, malefic,
maleficent
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Mor(t) = death
Ex:mortal
adjective
· 1.
(of a living human being, often in contrast to a divine being) subject to
death:
all men are mortal
Synonym
: perishable, physical, bodily, corporeal, fleshly, corporal, earthly, human, earth-born, impermanent, temporal, worldly, transient, ephemeral, passing, sublunary
· 2.
relating to humans as subject to death:
the coffin held the mortal remains of her
uncle
Synonym
: perishable, physical, bodily, corporeal, fleshly, corporal, earthly, human, earth-born, impermanent, temporal, worldly, transient, ephemeral, passing, sublunary
· 3.
causing or liable to cause death; fatal:
a mortal disease
the scandal appeared to have struck
a mortal blow to the government
Synonym
: deadly, fatal, lethal, death-dealing, killing, murderous, destructive, terminal, incurable
· 4.
(of a battle) fought to the death:
the drawing shows Holmes and Moriarty locked
in mortal combat
the screams of men in mortal combat
Synonym
: irreconcilable, deadly, to
the death, sworn, bitter,
out-and-out, implacable, relentless, unrelenting, unappeasable, remorseless, merciless
· 5.
(of an enemy or a state of hostility) admitting or allowing no reconciliation
until death.
a mortal foe
Synonym
: irreconcilable, deadly, to
the death, sworn, bitter,
out-and-out, implacable, relentless, unrelenting, unappeasable, remorseless, merciless, unpardonable, unforgivable, irremissible
· 6.
(of a feeling, especially fear) very intense:
parents live in mortal fear of children's
diseases
· 7.
conceivable or imaginable:
he knew
every mortal thing you did
· 8.
very great:
he was in
a mortal hurry
· 9.
long and tedious:
for
three mortal days it rained
· 10.
denoting a grave sin that is regarded as depriving the soul of divine grace.
she had
committed a mortal sin
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Pan- = all
Ex:panacea
noun
· 1. a
solution or remedy for all difficulties or diseases:
the panacea for
all corporate ills
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Slender
adjective
· 1.
(of a person or part of the body) gracefully thin:
her slender neck
Synonym
: slim, lean, willowy, sylphlike, svelte, lissome, graceful, slight,
slightly built, thin, skinny
· 2.
(especially of a rod or stem) of small girth or breadth:
slender iron
railings
· 3.
(of something abstract) barely sufficient in amount or basis:
a slender majority of four
Synonym
: meager, limited, slight, scanty, scant, sparse, paltry, insubstantial, insufficient, deficient, negligible, exiguous
Slander
noun
· 1. the
action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's
reputation:
he is suing the TV company for slander
· 2. a
false and malicious spoken statement:
I've had just about all I can stomach of
your slanders
verb
· 1.
make false and damaging statements about (someone):
they were accused of slandering the head
of state
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Vague
· 1.
of uncertain, indefinite, or unclear character or meaning:
many patients suffer vague symptoms
Synonym
: indistinct, indefinite, indeterminate, unclear, hazy, cloudy, fuzzy, misty,
lacking definition, blurred
· 2.
thinking or communicating in an unfocused or imprecise way:
he had been very vague about his
activities
Vogue
noun
· 1.
the prevailing fashion or style at a particular time:
the vogue is to make realistic films
· 2.
general acceptance or favour; popularity:
crochet garments are in vogue this season
adjective
· 1.
popular; fashionable:
‘citizenship’ was to be the
government's vogue word
verb
· 1.
dance to music in such a way as to imitate the characteristic poses struck by
a model on a catwalk.
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Severe
acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is
a viral respiratory
disease of zoonotic origin caused by the SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV).
Between November 2002 and July 2003, an outbreak of SARS in southern China
caused an eventual 8,098 cases, resulting in 774 deaths reported in 37
countries, with the majority of cases in Hong Kong (9.6% fatality rate)
according to the World Health
Organization (WHO). No cases
of SARS have been reported worldwide since 2004.
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Epidemic
v.s. pandemic
Epidemic
noun
· 1. a
widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular
time
· 2. a
disease occurring in such a way.
· 3. a
sudden, widespread occurrence of a particular undesirable phenomenon
· adjective
· 1.
of, relating to, or of the nature of an epidemic
Pandemic
adjective
· 1.
(of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world.
noun
· 1.
an outbreak of a pandemic disease.
the
AIDS pandemic
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Chickenpox, also known as varicella, is a highly contagious disease caused by the initial infection with varicella zoster virus (VZV). The disease results in a characteristic skin rash
that forms small, itchy blisters, which eventually scab
over. It usually starts on the
chest, back, and face then spreads to the rest of the body. Other symptoms may include fever, feeling tired, and headaches. Symptoms usually last five to ten
days. Complications may
occasionally include pneumonia, inflammation of the brain, or bacterial infections
of the skin among others. The
disease is often more severe in adults than children. Symptoms begin ten to
twenty-one days after exposure to the virus
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Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by either of two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor. The
disease is also known by the Latin names variola or variola vera, derived from varius ("spotted")
or varus ("pimple").
The disease was originally known in English as the "pox" or "red plague"; the term "smallpox" was
first used in Britain in the 15th century to distinguish variola from the
"great pox" (syphilis). The
last naturally occurring case of smallpox (Variola minor) was diagnosed on 26 October 1977.
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Enteroviruses are a genus of positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses associated with several human and mammalian diseases.
Enteroviruses are named by their
transmission-route through the intestine (enteric meaning intestinal).
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