Vocabulary

• at a distance: Far away; not close.
• grow up: To develop from a child into an adult
• spend more time: To dedicate a greater amount of time to a particular activity or person.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• see past: To overlook flaws or errors and accept.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• in particular: Specifically; especially.
• have to: Must do
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• for the rest: Concerning the remaining people or things.
• make up: To invent or create a story
• quite simply: In a clear and straightforward manner; without complication.
• peel off: To remove the outer layer or skin of something.
• macular degeneration: A progressive eye condition affecting the macula, leading to central vision loss.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• dopamine: Drug used to treat shock and hypotension
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• epidemic: Disease that spreads quickly affecting many
• exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
• squeeze: Amount of liquid from firmly pressing e.g. orange
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• amount: Quantity of something
• substance: Essence of; most basic or central qualities
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• odd: Being unmatched with someone or something
• conduct: Your behavior
• stimulate: To arouse or excite emotionally
• abuse: To mistreat or be cruel towards someone
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• prescription: Specific medicine officially ordered for a patient
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• intentionally: With a plan to do or achieve something
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• vision: Ability to see; eyesight
• temporarily: For a limited amount of time
• distance: Lack of friendliness toward another person
• emphasis: Special attention, importance, or force
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• shape: The outer form of something, what it looks like
• apparent: Easy to see or clearly understand
• neurotransmitter: Chemical released by nerves that boost signals within the body
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• defense: Argument in support of something
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• blurry: Being indistinguishable or unclear in shape
• retina: Part of the eye that senses light
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• finite: Having limits; lasting for a limited time
• point: An item to be discussed
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• peripheral: Computer devices attached to the computer
• optical: Concerning vision or helping people see
• physician: A medical doctor
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• intervene: To get involved to try to prevent trouble
• nationwide: Including or existing in every part of a country
• lifelong: Continuing through life; lasting a long time
• distort: To change the shape, appearance, or sound
• prevention: Act of stopping something bad from happening
• linear: Made of lines
• spherical: Round and shaped like a ball
• degeneration: Process of gradual decline in condition/function
• inconvenient: Causing difficulty, discomfort, or problems
• southeast: Location in the southeastern part of an area
• retinal: In or relating to the retina of the eye
• eyeball: The round part of the eye
• outdoor: Happening, used, or done outside a building
• glaucoma: Damage to the nerves in the eye causing blindness