Vocabulary

• check out
• have to: Must do
• in the hospital: Located inside a hospital receiving medical care.
• such as: For example; like
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• as for: Concerning; regarding.
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• in part: To some extent; partially.
• with it: Intelligent, alert, and up-to-date.
• at least: As a minimum
• deal with
• depending on: To rely on for support (financial or emotional)
• on call: Available to be summoned for duty, especially in emergencies.
• on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• per year: For each year; annually.
• in charge: To be responsible for
• in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
• stay in: To remain inside one's home.
• step back: To move backwards; to move away from something.
• as one: Acting or moving together at the same time.
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• extremely: In a way that is much more than usual or expected
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• description: Explanation of what something is like, looks like
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• variety: Particular type of thing or person
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• inflammatory: Making or intended to make someone angry
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• complete: To finish or reach the end of doing something
• reason: To think and make conclusions in a logical manner
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• acute: (Of an angle in math) of less than 90 degrees
• participate: To take part with others in doing something
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• treatment: Medicine or method to make someone healthier
• commonly: Typically, normally; not unusually
• additional: Further or added
• allergy: Sensitivity to foods, etc. causing a bad reaction
• compensation: (Money) given or received as payment for loss
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• specialty: Skill or a dish that a person, business is good at
• bowel: End part of the intestine, connected to the anus
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• part: Division of a book
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• university: High-level educational institution; college
• choose: To select; decide between several possibilities
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• scholarship: Work of learning, studying, acquiring knowledge
• cancer: Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
• afterward: Happening after something else happened
• clinic: Local medical center; department of a hospital
• transplant: A medical operation to replace organs of the body
• fellowship: Friendly feeling or relationship
• unsurprisingly: In an expected manner; predictably
• hypertension: Condition marked by abnormally high blood pressure
• procedural: Concerning the normal steps taken to do something
• vascular: Of tubes through which fluids flow in body/plant
• cardiologist: Doctor specializing in disorders of the heart
• pulmonary: Concerning the lungs/disease of the lungs
• dialysis: (Medical) taking waste from blood if kidneys are damaged
• renal: Of the kidneys or diseases of the kidneys
• obstructive: Trying to block or stop something
• cardiology: Branch of medicine dealing with heart disease