Vocabulary

• result in: To cause or produce as a consequence.
• at least: As a minimum
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• inflammation: Painful swelling in the body due to illness
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• stroke: When blood cannot get to brain, causing damage
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• tiny: Very, very small
• syndrome: A group of signs and symptoms of a disease
• vessel: Container, such as a cup, for holding liquids
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• inflammatory: Making or intended to make someone angry
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• illness: Unhealthy condition of the mind or body
• organ: Part of a person's body with a particular function
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• infection: (Computers) Having a computer virus
• narrator: Person or character who tells a story
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• damage: Physical harm that is done to something
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• bright: Cheerful and happy (manner)
• virus: File secretly put on computers to cause harm
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• leak: Act of (gas, liquid) escaping through a small hole
• focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
• lung: One of the two organs we use to breathe
• unusual: Being rare or uncommon; not ordinary; strange
• abnormal: Not normal, not typical, not usual, not regular
• clot: Mass of blood, etc. that has dried up/become thick
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
• stay: To keep trying without giving up
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• website: Collection of webpages in one location