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Meaning of Andromeda strain | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any microorganism whose release and spread could cause a public health catastrophe.

Examples

“Trout are important to those of us who enjoy angling, but trout are unimportant if this Andromeda Strain of destruction without replacement—which began more than 200 years ago and burgeoned in the twentieth century—continues.”

“John Langone, a science writer for Discover magazine, characterizes the popular view of AIDS in 1985 as an “Andromeda strain with the transmission efficiency of the common cold.””

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

Andromedan Andromedid andromedin andromedins andromedotoxin andromimesis