F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

unmanned (adj): 1-used to refer to a spacecraft, or a place where military guards work, that has no people present to operate or be in charge of it:
E.g.: an unmanned mission to the planet Mars

sterile (adj): 1-sterile adjective (CLEAN)－​completely clean and free from dirt and bacteria:
E.g.: The operation must be carried out under sterile conditions.

sterile (adj) (UNABLE TO PRODUCE): (of a living being) unable to produce young, or (of land) unable to produce plants or crops:
E.g.: Mules are usually sterile.
E.g.: One of the side effects of the drug could be to make men sterile.

sterilization (n): 1-the process of having a medical operation to make it impossible to have children:
E.g.: My wife and I have discussed sterilization, but we haven’t made a decision about it yet.

bacteria (n)plural– bacterium-singular/ a type of very small organism that lives in air, earth, water, plants, and animals, often one that causes disease:
E.g.: an illness caused by bacteria in drinking water
E.g.: The bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae causes about a third of some 3,000 annual meningitis cases.

detox (n): 1-a period when you stop taking unhealthy or harmful foods, drinks, or drugs into your body for a period of time, in order to improve your health:
E.g.: She went on a 48-hour detox, eating nothing but grapes.
E.g.: a detox diet

toxin (n): 1-毒素. 2-a poisonous substance, especially one produced by bacteria, that causes disease
E.g.: A poison that exists naturally in an insect or animal, and which is often introduced into the victim by biting or stinging, is known as a venom, while one in a plant is generally known as a toxin.

venom (n): 1-a poisonous liquid that some snakes, insects, etc. produce and can put into another animal’s body by biting or stinging
E.g. : A poison that exists naturally in an insect or animal is known as a venom。

Pronunciation

sterile-/ˈster.aɪl/
venom-/ˈvenəm/
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