Vocabulary

neurotransmitter

streptococcus

septic

multiple organ dysfunction syndrome; MODS; multiple organ failure; MOF

growing urgent; becoming distressful

rash; eruption; efflorescence

gastrointestinal anthrax

big hit; smash hit; popular item (e.g. movie, music)

structural component

spatial structure; structural arrangement

scrapie

clinical condition (of a patient's illness)

outbreak (esp. of a disease)

super-spreader (of a viral disease); superspreader

chronic bronchitis

spasm

bloodstream; blood flow

gastric fistula; gastrosomy; gastrosoma

work opening; work position

to wed; to be married

private joke; inside joke

inner ring (e.g. washer)

bloodshed; bloody event; bloody violence

sophist; quibbler

behaving like a married couple; posing as a married couple

to suddenly assume an antagonistic attitude; to suddenly become defiant; to turn aggressive (in one's manner)

know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look

(male) werewolf

woman who missed the chance of getting married (because she is too old)

(to pay off) in full

to feel blessed to be in one's position; to be thankful for one's good fortune

disliking; having an antipathy to

to be eye-popping; to be staggering; to be amazing

eye-popping; staggering

to look angrily at; to look with anger in one's eyes

to look angrily at; to look with anger in one's eyes

person who just tags along; hanger-on; person who follows someone around like a shadow; clingy person; mindless follower; goldfish feces

Ina Bauer (element)

don't miss it!

emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)