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navel the small round place in the Your navel is the scar left by
middle of the skin on the cutting the umbilical cord
abdomen. noun [count] when you are born.
nits the eggs of insects called head
lice that people sometimes
have in their hair. noun
[plural]
opportunistic an opportunistic disease or People with HIV are subject to
infection is one that attacks opportunistic infections.
someone who is already ill and
has a weak immune system.
adjective
overpopulation the problem of there being too Overpopulation is one of the
many people in a particular main causes of poverty.
place, so that they cannot all
have a decent standard of
living. noun [uncount]
parasite an organism that lives in or on
another living thing and feeds
on it. Lice, fleas, and
tapeworms are all types of
parasite. The organism that a
parasite lives on is called the
host. noun [count]
pathogen a microorganism such as a Many pathogens live and breed
bacterium or virus that causes in dirty surroundings.
disease. noun [count]
pathogenic causing disease. Pathogenic
agents include viruses and
bacteria. adjective
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