Englisch 2. Semester


L. Z.
This set of flashcards helps university-level English learners expand their vocabulary, particularly in scientific and medical contexts. It covers terms like "to signal," "to create a blueprint," and "to undertake a study," focusing on precise definitions and usage. The platform supports backward learning, allowing users to practice from the target language to the source language. Ideal for students and researchers, these cards aid in improving fluency and understanding complex concepts, making them suitable for advanced learners.
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at the forefront of people or things  in a field of activity

( "A ... technology ...”)

Aller neuste Technologie

cutting edge

to try to stop something unpleasant or harmful from happening or increasing

(... that could potentially ... drug addiction ...)

to combat something

- A research team ... by Lüscher

- Leiten

- (Verbform)

to lead a research team, lead led led

to cause to be free of a disease or unhealthy condition

("... how the addicted animal might be ......")

to cure

the use of an agent, such as a drug, to cure a disease or condition

... opening the door for a ... for...

treatment

to adjust to a requirement (NB. kontrollieren = to monitor)

 -  The activity of neurons can be ...

to control something

a set of tool (or techniques) in a single container

- Optogenetics might be considered as a ...

(Werkzeugsatz)

toolkit

a realization of a certain method or idea to demonstrate its feasilbility (= realisierbar)

- The study is a ... that addiction is a reversible disease.

a proof of principle

to modify or alter again (alter = ändern)

- ...the brain's capacity ...

to readapt

- Cocaine's ... can be reversed

(Auswirkung, Wirkung, Effekt)

noun

effect

jemd./etw. beeinflussen

to affect something

the method of procedure for a scientific experiment

- Cocaine's effects can ne reversed by following specific ....

protocol

affecting of relating to a thing

- Are the result ... for other drugs?

(geeignet, anwendbar, zutreffend, einsetzbar)

applicable

cause a particular condition

- They essentially ... the same disease

(hervorrufen)

induce

to be brought about by

- addiction is ... an increase in

(vermittelt)

to be mediated by

to come together from diffrent directions

- these drugs ... to increase dopamine levels

(zusammenlaufen)

to converge

to obtain from a sources (= Ursprung, Quelle)

- a protein ... from green algae

 

to derive from something

to be capable of being imagined

- It is ... that

(vorstellbar, denkbar)

to be conceivable

to work on a piece of research that will design, build or achieve something

- The studies we have ... on addiction

(durchmachen, durchführen eine Studie)

to undertake a study

to make a plan to show how someone will design, build or achieve something

- The studies may be extended to help cr...

to create a blueprint

to signal = to cause an effect in (a cell) by the release of a chemical, such as a neurotransmitter

- Dopamine functions as a neurotrasmitter - ... released by nerve cells.

a signalling chemical

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