Vocabulary

• such as: For example; like
• due to: Because of; owing to
• at least: As a minimum
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• result in: To cause or produce as a consequence.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• neurodegenerative diseases: Diseases characterized by the progressive degeneration and death of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.
• deal with
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• struggle: To try very hard to do something difficult
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• mental: Concerning the mind
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
• express: To send something by fast mail
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• decline: To bend towards the ground
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• frustration: Annoyance because things don't go the way you want
• dementia: Illness characterized by loss of memory
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• deal: To cope with something - usually troubles
• moderate: To host a meeting or panel discussion
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• metabolic: Concerning the body's metabolism
• due: When something is required or expected
• clutter: To fill with disorderly mess of things
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• deficiency: Lack of something that is necessary
• liver: Organ from animals served as food
• modify: To make minor change to something
• impairment: Damage leading to lower strength or quality
• medication: Substance to relieve pain or cure sickness
• cord: A long strong material, thicker than string
• spinal: Concerning the spine or nerves in your back
• deficient: Lacking something necessary
• vitamin: Health-giving substance needed for body function
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• degeneration: Process of gradual decline in condition/function
• occupational: Concerning your job or career
• vascular: Of tubes through which fluids flow in body/plant