Vocabulary - An American Plague

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prestigious

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Inspiring respect and admiration; having high status.

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symptoms

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Signs or indications of a condition or disease.

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microscopic organisms

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Tiny living things that can only be seen with a microscope.

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bacteria

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Tiny, single-celled organisms that are all around us.

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viruses

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Tiny particles that can make people, animals, or plants sick.

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Monday, August 19

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Thirty-three-year-old Catherine LeMaigre was dying, and dying horribly and painfully.