Vocabulary

• lead to: To result in some action
• due to: Because of; owing to
• such as: For example; like
• consists of: Is made up or composed of.
• increased risk: A greater chance of something harmful or dangerous happening.
• mental: Concerning the mind
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• interact: To talk or do things with each other
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• respiratory: (Medical) concerning breathing
• consumption: The act of buying and using products
• initially: At first; originally
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• stimulate: To arouse or excite emotionally
• sluggish: Slow; moving like a slug
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• tense: The use of grammar to state the time things happen
• addiction: Lack of control the overuse of something e.g. drugs
• pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• vomit: Food coming back up from stomach, due to illness
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• fatal: Causing death; having very bad consequences
• tension: Feeling of anxiety and inability to relax
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• vision: Ability to see; eyesight
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• due: When something is required or expected
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• alcohol: A colorless liquid that can catch fire (C2H5OH)
• mucus: Thick liquid substance made in certain parts of the human body, such as the nose
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• infant: Child in the beginning stage of life; a baby
• social: Involving activity with people, e.g. in free time
• gland: Organ that produces substances for the body to use
• pregnancy: When a woman carries her unborn baby inside her
• narrow: Not wide; short from one side to the other
• asthma: Lung illness causing difficulty in breathing
• deposit: Concentration of mineral left by a river
• stomach: Place in the body where food is processed
• destruction: Act of destroying; damaging beyond repair
• coma: State of unconsciousness caused by injury, disease
• carbon: Chemical element with an atomic number of 6
• coordination: When parts of your body work well together
• malnutrition: Not having enough to eat, or having a poor diet
• act: To behave in a certain way
• stimulant: Drug that increases physical or mental activity
• tract: A system of body parts or organs that has a particular function (e.g., digestive tract).
• addict: Person who can’t control their overuse of a thing
• fetal: Of a fetus or unborn baby
• worldwide: Spanning or extending throughout the entire world
• liver: Organ from animals served as food
• active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• adrenal: Located at the top of the kidneys
• medication: Substance to relieve pain or cure sickness
• person: Man, woman or child
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• tobacco: Cigars and cigarettes
• reflex: Body's physical reaction done unconsciously
• nicotine: Addictive substance in tobacco
• heartbeat: Beat of your heart
• tar: Black oily substance used to make roads
• intoxicate: To cause to lose control due to drugs or alcohol
• monoxide: Oxide with one atom of oxygen per molecule