Vocabulary

• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• eventually: After a long time; after many attempts; in the end
• process: To organize and use data in a computer
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• acquire: To get or earn something by thinking or working
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• exact: Completely correct; accurate; specific
• combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• portion: Serving of food that is intended for one person
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• typical: Normal; usual; expected
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• stem: Long thin central part of a plant, bearing leaves
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• infection: (Computers) Having a computer virus
• radiation: Energy transmitted as rays, waves or particles
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• multiply: To increase in number by reproducing/having babies
• change: To exchange one set of clothes for another
• grow: To get bigger and more mature; make plants do this
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• chromosome: Cell structures that carry the genetic material
• abnormal: Not normal, not typical, not usual, not regular
• chemotherapy: Treatment of diseases using chemicals
• malignant: (Of cancer) dangerous or deadly; spreading
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• marrow: A soft, fatty tissue inside bones
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• cancer: Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
• hereditary: Passing from parents to children
• transplant: A medical operation to replace organs of the body
• dna: Chemical in living cells with genetic information