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The document defines and explains several medical and scientific terms related to the human body and disease. It provides definitions for terms like paralysis, gastrointestinal tract, and mucous membrane. It also defines words like endemic, eradication efforts, and infiltrate.

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Paralysis

The document defines and explains several medical and scientific terms related to the human body and disease. It provides definitions for terms like paralysis, gastrointestinal tract, and mucous membrane. It also defines words like endemic, eradication efforts, and infiltrate.

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paralysis

the loss of ability to move all or part of your body

gastrointestinal tract
the body system involving the stomach and intestines to digest food

mucous membrane
the thin surface that covers some inner parts of the body, such as the inside of the
nose, and produces mucus (màng nhầy niêm mạc)

infiltrate
to secretly enter a place or organization to find out information or do harm

endemic
present in a particular place or among a particular group of people

eradication efforts
attempts to completely get rid of or destroy something

mimic
to imitate. to act like

a wide array of
many types of
bona fide
actual

ward off
to keep away

run through
to practice

in effect
when you get to the basic nature of something

rising tide
increasing number

slanted
diagonal

tubular
long and hollow

hold still
not move

trauma
sudden injury

flagging
decreasing

safeguard
to protect someone or something from dangers or harms

nonpathogenic
not capable of inducing disease

inoculate
to protect someone against a disease, usually by injecting him or her with a weak form
of it

confer
to give to someone or something

potent
powerful, effective

render
to cause someone or something to be in a particular condition

vehicle
a way of achieving, producing, or expressing something

Connotation
All the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests

film buff
A person who is very interested in and knowledgeable about films.

eponymous
something or someone that gives its name to something else

Evil Twin
An identical twin or unrelated person who has a similar appearance to a moral person
but who does evil.

misfortune
bad luck, or an unlucky event
dissected
taken apart for analysis
hone
to sharpen
avenue
pathway
of increasingly less consequence
less and less important
play out
to happen
proximately
closely
mentorship
the guidance provided by a mentor, especially an experienced person in a company or
educational institution
hubristic
excessively proud or self-confident
extant
still existing in spite of being very old
blatantly
in an open and unashamed manner
ethnocentric
thinking about things in a way that is based only on your own culture and race, and not
considering or including the culture, traditions, etc., of other groups
usher in
to cause or mark the start of something new
secular
relatead to worldly matters, not religious
metaphysics
the study of things beyond observable reality
make manifest
reveal
intelligible
understandable
a play on
a clever or unusal use of words related to
thread
a consistent theme or recurring idea
incur
to be made to lose money or have to pay a charge
stand above the crowd
To be very noticeable and different among a group of people or things that are all very
similar.
postulate
to suggest or accept that something is true so that it can be used as the basis for a
theory, etc.
calculus
a branch of mathematics in which calculations are made using special symbolic
notations
fruitful
productive; producing good or abundant results; successful
savvy
having or showing practical knowledge and experience
Retaliatory
done against someone because he or she has harmed you
Unprecedented
never having happened before, or never having happened so much
Steadfastly
with certainty or firm belief, refusing to change position or opinion
mainstream
characteristic of ideas, methods, or people that are considered the most usual or normal
in a society
safeguard
a rule or action that is intended to protect someone or something from possible dangers
of problems
rally
to come together or bring people together to support an idea
exploit
to use someone's advantage
rebound
to get better, to come back to a good position after bad times
get awry
turn out worse than was planned
set off
start, to put in motion
coupled with
together with, combined with

pin hopes on
to see sth as a potential solution to a problem
exposition
a public statement or explanation
tackle
to deal with
subtleties
small details or had-to-see aspects
counterintuitive
hard to believe because it it illogical
prove useful
to eventually be important in accomplishing a task
idealized
shown in a way that makes it seem unnaturally good
ardent
very enthusiastic

sphere
an area of interest; or a large group of people who share certain interest
lateral thinking
consideration of a large range of ideas, not only the most obvious

concede
to give up, to admit that someone is right or that you have lost a battle

allocation
a certain amount given to each person when resources are divided
minivan
a vehicle that is shaped like a small bus and used as a family car
en masse
as a group (in one mass)
autobiographical
related to the story of a person's life, as told by that person
episodic
occurring as a series of separate events; not continuous
in terms of
related to, when we consider
fluid
shifting and changing overtime, like the flow of water
generic
showing characteristics common to a large group
buoy
to support or raise something (such as profits, prices, someone's mood)
anthem
a formal or religious song

foster
to help to develop a skill, feeling, idea, etc, over a period of time
reinforcement
the act of making something stronger
disparate
very different and not related to each other

infuse
to fill something or someone with a particular feeling or quality
imbue sb/sth with sth
to fill something or someone with a particular feeling, quality, or idea; put sth into
antiquity
ancient times
corporate activity
teamwork
by and large
for the most part
the cradles of Western civilization
the places where Western civilization began
á la modern brass knuckles
similar to modern brass knuckles
continually
over and over again through the course of time
impaction
the process of striking a surface and becoming stuck in it (sự tác động)
Asbestos
a gray mineral composed mostly of silicon formed into long, threadlike crystals
Chất a-mi-ăng
Sedimentation
the formation of layers as material comes to rest on a surface
Quá trình lắng đọng trầm tích
land
to come to rest after travelling through air or over water
buoyancy
the characteristic of being able to float
degradation
the process by which something changes to a worse condition (sự giảm phẩm chất)
retrofit
to improve a machine, piece of equipment, etc. by putting new and better parts in it after
it is made (cải tiến)
pressing
very important and needing to be dealt with immediately
stationary
standing still; not moving (đứng yên)
plethora
a very large number of something (trạng thái quá thừa)
respiratory
relating to breathing
advent
arrival
boast
to claim to have a good thing
scrap
to throw away
blanketed in
covered by
marathon
a long race
outcry
a loud, public objection
biosphere
environment
Execution
death

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