Vocabulary

• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• reduce the risk: To lessen the probability of something dangerous or harmful occurring.
• set up
• due to: Because of; owing to
• informed decisions: Decisions that are based on having a lot of knowledge or information.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, or disbelief.
• at once: Immediately; without delay
• in terms of
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• going on: To continue doing something
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• screen out: To eliminate or reject something or someone, often by a filtering process.
• for instance: As an example.
• as we know it: In the form or way commonly understood or accepted.
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• entrepreneur: Businessperson who develops new businesses
• trigger: Lever on a gun that you pull to fire
• material: Cloth; fabric
• controversial: Causing a great deal of argument, or conflict
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• navigate: To direct (car, plane etc.) in the right direction
• catastrophic: Causing a lot of damage or suffering
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• mutation: Change that changes genetic structure
• alert: Being aware and able to respond quickly
• precisely: In an exact and accurate manner
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• syndrome: A group of signs and symptoms of a disease
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• saliva: Liquid produced by glands in the mouth
• sequence: Part of a movie showing one part of the story
• register: To record your name on an official list; sign up
• inflammatory: Making or intended to make someone angry
• extract: Essential ingredient of a natural thing
• launch: Starting a new project; introducing new product
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• insurance: Protection against loss/injury/death you pay for
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• womb: Place in a woman's body where a baby grows
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• variation: Something almost the same as another but different
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• accuracy: Being exactly right; correctness
• autism: Disorder that prevents normal communication
• ethical: Morally right; following principles of goodness
• pregnancy: When a woman carries her unborn baby inside her
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• company: Good feeling from being with someone else
• breast: Fleshy part of a woman's body for feeding babies
• sperm: Cell produced by men and needed for reproduction
• embark: To begin a journey; get on a ship or plane
• amplify: To increase the effect of something
• bowel: End part of the intestine, connected to the anus
• undergo: To experience or endure something (bad)
• protocol: Written agreement between countries
• embryo: Tiny plant stored inside a seed
• business: A company formed for making profit
• psychiatrist: Doctor who treats psychological disorders
• design: To plan in a particular way to fulfill a purpose
• genome: Complete set of genetic material in an organism
• implant: To put something into, an idea in someone's mind
• schizophrenia: Any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• downtown: Located in the business part of a town
• cost: A loss or damage occurring when meeting a goal
• call: A order or request for action
• number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
• speak: To be able to use a certain language
• pediatric: Concerning the medical care of children
• send: To cause to behave or respond in a particular way
• read: Person's name
• test: To be given a medical examination
• mother: Female who has a child or children; female parent
• biotech: Shortened form of biotechnology