Vocabulary

• medical research: Scientific investigation to improve medical knowledge and treatments.
• on the road: Traveling, especially as part of a tour or journey.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• read up: To spend time trying to find out about something so that you know more about it.
• have to: Must do
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• fill out: To become fatter
• for some reason: For a reason that is not known or not easily explained.
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
• effective: Working efficiently to produce a desired result
• attempt: To try to do something challenging or difficult
• bias: Preference to believe things even if incorrect
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• hormone: Chemical produced by the body to control functions
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• mimic: Someone who tries to act like another person
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• society: A group who meet to share values or interests
• formula: A mathematical or scientific rule
• therapist: Person skilled in a particular type of therapy
• expertise: The special knowledge that an expert has
• emphasize: To stress the items that are important
• population: Number of people who live in a country, area etc.
• metabolic: Concerning the body's metabolism
• account: An advantage
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• mass: Religious ceremony in some Christian churches
• standard: Official unit of measuring something
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• gender: State of being male or female
• civilization: A highly developed society
• clip: A metal holder used for keeping things together
• thumb: To use your thumb to request a ride in a car
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• invisible: Being unable to be seen
• fit: Good looking; physically attractive
• rely: Depend on with full trust or confidence
• calendar: A table showing the days, months and years
• distribution: Dividing or spreading out to others
• rarely: Not often (seen, done, etc.); infrequently
• solely: With no one or nothing else
• temperature: When you your body heat is above normal
• blind: Unable to see; with eyes that cannot see
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• sponsor: Person that supports the passage of a new law
• laboratory: A place to do scientific experiments
• tunnel: Passage under the ground, often for cars or trains
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• luggage: Suitcases and bags
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• tundra: Flat frozen region that has no trees
• bone: Hard piece of your body that holds your muscles
• date: To have become old-fashioned
• health: (Person, company) being in a good condition; well
• skeletal: Of the bones of the body
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• workplace: Place where work is done
• calculation: Process or result of using mathematics