Vocabulary

• due to: Because of; owing to
• on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
• such as: For example; like
• in areas: Located or occurring within specific regions or locations.
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• deal with
• rely on: To depend on someone or something
• in general: Typically; usually; on the whole.
• breaks down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• saying goes: An expression or proverb that is commonly known and used.
• call for: To demand, need or require (an action or thing)
• in private: Not in public; in a place where other people cannot see or hear you
• in addition to: Besides; as well as
• make certain: To ensure or ascertain something.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• intense: Very strong, great or extreme in degree
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• approach: To get close to reaching something or somewhere
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• opportunity: Time, situation when a thing might be done; chance
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• fascinating: To attract or interest greatly
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• approximately: Around; nearly; almost; about (a number)
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• intellectual: connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• consistently: In a manner that is the same almost every time
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• dementia: Illness characterized by loss of memory
• stroke: When blood cannot get to brain, causing damage
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• dramatically: In a sudden or extreme manner
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• substantial: (Of a meal) able to satisfy your hunger; filling
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• intervention: Getting involved to solve a disagreement, problem
• organ: Part of a person's body with a particular function
• due: When something is required or expected
• surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• neurological: Concerning, used in or practicing neurology
• extensive: Large; full or complete
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• spine: Line of bones that runs down your back
• regularly: At the usual time each day, week, or month
• invasive: Entering the body, etc. in a destructive way
• diagnosis: Judgments by a doctor about a person's illness
• exceptional: Being extremely and unusually good
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• specialty: Skill or a dish that a person, business is good at
• surgeon: A doctor who performs surgery
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• epilepsy: Medical condition involving fits or seizures
• burnout: When you get exhausted from the effort of your job
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• nature: Person's character or particular way of behaving
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• surgical: Of or relating to surgery or operations
• residency: Training for a junior doctor in hospital
• neurologist: Doctor specializing in the nervous system
• outpatient: Patient treated at hospital without staying there