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BITE
A wound resulting from biting by an animal or a person
BLOOD
Red liquid pumped around the body by the heart
DISASTER
A state of extreme ruin and misfortune
DISEASE
An illness that harms the body
DUSK
The time of day immediately following sunset
FEVER
A rise in the temperature of the body
INSECT
Small air-breathing arthropod
MALARIA
An infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of
MEDICINE
The learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a ___ school and that is
MOSQUITO
Two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans
REPELLENT
A compound with which fabrics are treated to ___ water

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