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Chapter 9 Vocab
Los inventos de ayer y hoy/ los beneficios y los peligros de la tecnologi'a
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Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 2
04/29/2010
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Term
la actualidad/ actual
 Definition
present time/ current
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la alta tecnologi'a
 Definition
high technology
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la anestesia
 Definition
anesthesia
Term
el asistente personal digital (apd)
 Definition
Personal digital assistant (PDA)
Term
el auto hi'brido/ de hidro'geno
 Definition
hybrid car/ hydrogen car
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la banda ancha
 Definition
broad band
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el buscador/ la bu'squeda
 Definition
search engine
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la cerilla
 Definition
match
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la contrasen~a
 Definition
password
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el dispositivo
 Definition
device, gadget
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la educacio'n a distancia
 Definition
distance learning
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el envase de burbuja
 Definition
bubble wrap
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el foro de debate
 Definition
debate form
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el helico'ptero
 Definition
helicopter
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el harramienta
 Definition
tool
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el invento inventar
 Definition
invention, to invent
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el marcaposos
 Definition
pacemaker
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el marcaposos
 Definition
pacemaker
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la pila
 Definition
battery
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la pi'ldora anticonceptiva
 Definition
birth control pill
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la potencia/ potente
 Definition
power/ powerful
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el reproductor de MP3, DVD
 Definition
mp3/ dvd player
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la rueda
 Definition
wheel
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el sistema operativo
 Definition
operating system
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el transbordador espacial
 Definition
space shuttle
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el/la usario
 Definition
user
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anticuado/a
 Definition
old fashioned, antiquated
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descabellado
 Definition
crazy, crackpot
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eficaz, eficamente
 Definition
effecient, efficiently
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(in)ala'mbrico/ el alambre
 Definition
wireless/ wire
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(in)dispensable
 Definition
in/ dispensable
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(in)imaginable
 Definition
un) imaginable
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(in) u'til/ (in)utilidad
 Definition
useful (useless)/ usefullness (uselessness)
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novedoso(a)
 Definition
novel, new
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almacenar
 Definition
to store
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digitalizar
 Definition
to digitalize
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intercambiar ficheros
 Definition
to exchange files, file share
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predecir/ la predicio'n
 Definition
to predict/ prediction
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recargar/ recargador
 Definition
to recharge. charger
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recuperar
 Definition
recuperate
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recuperar
 Definition
recuperate
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el beneficio
 Definition
benefit
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la calidad de vida
 Definition
quality of life
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la ce'lula madre
 Definition
stem cell
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la clonacio'n/ el clon
 Definition
cloning/ clone
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la confidencialidad
 Definition
confidentiality
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la controversia/ controvertido
 Definition
controversy, controversial
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el cordo'n umbilical
 Definition
umbilical cord
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la cuestio'n e'tica
 Definition
ethical question
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la cura/ (in) curable /curar
 Definition
cure, incurable, to cure
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los derechos de autor
 Definition
copyrights
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la embrio'n
 Definition
embryo
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el espionaje ciberne'tico/ el/la espi'a espiar
 Definition
cyber spying/spy/ to spy
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el esteroide
 Definition
steriod
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la fertilazacio'n in vitro/ la (in) fertilidad
 Definition
invitro fertilization/ in fertility
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el gen
 Definition
gene
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la genoma humano
 Definition
human genome
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el hormona sinte'tica
 Definition
synthetic hormone
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el inconveniente
 Definition
drawback
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la manipulacio'n gene'tica
 Definition
genetic manipulation
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la me'dula
 Definition
marrow
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el perfil gene'tico
 Definition
genetic profile
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la pirateri'a/ el pirata/ piratear
 Definition
piracy, pirate, to pirate
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la prevencio'n, prevenir
 Definition
prevention, to prevent
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la propiedad intelectual
 Definition
intellectual property
Term
la prueba de ADN
 Definition
DNA test
Term
el remedio, remediar
 Definition
remedy/ to remedy
Term
la repercusio'n
 Definition
repercussion
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el riesgo/ arriesgar
 Definition
risk/ to risk
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el robo de identidad
 Definition
indentity theft
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el transplante de o'rganos
 Definition
organ transplant
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el tratamiento
 Definition
treatment
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dan~ino/a o dan~ar
 Definition
damagine/ to damage
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terape'utico/a
 Definition
transgenic
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detectar
 Definition
to detect
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prohibir
 Definition
to prohibit
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prolongar la vida
 Definition
to prolong life
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