Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• in the hospital: Located inside a hospital receiving medical care.
• know about: To have information or understanding of a subject or situation.
• other than: Except for; apart from.
• in favor of: Expressing support or approval for someone or something.
• cut out: To leave out of something, e.g. a social event
• in other words: Stating something in a different way, often to make it clearer or more understandable.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• open-heart surgery: Surgery performed on the opened heart, usually involving a heart-lung bypass machine.
• write in: To add text to a document or form.
• in sum: To summarize; in conclusion.
• order in: To request food from a restaurant to be delivered to one's home or other location.
• for instance: As an example.
• call for: To demand, need or require (an action or thing)
• goes well: To happen in the way desired
• at times: Sometimes; occasionally.
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• go against: To disagree with or challenge someone
• in town: Present or available in the local area or city.
• by all means: Certainly; of course
• significant: Large enough to be noticed or have an effect
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• improve: To make, or become, something better
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• conflict: Argument or struggle between two or more parties
• mortality: Quality or state of being capable of dying
• trial: Hearing and judgment of a case in court
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• reflect: To indicate or be a sign of something
• stroke: When blood cannot get to brain, causing damage
• similar: Nearly the same; alike
• journal: A diary; record of what you do every day
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• benefit: Good result or effect, something advantageous
• intervention: Getting involved to solve a disagreement, problem
• outcome: Something that happens as a result, consequence
• standard: Official unit of measuring something
• surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• topic: Subject or issue people talk or write about
• patient: Not getting annoyed when things take a long time
• analyze: To study carefully to find out the meaning of
• leave: To go away from; depart
• target: A goal or amount you are trying to achieve
• author: Person who writes books, plays, poems etc.
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• ratio: The relationship in relative size, etc.
• hazard: Something that is dangerous and causes problems
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• important: Having power or authority
• cardiac: Concerning the heart
• intend: To plan or want to do something
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• procedure: A medical operation
• argue: To fight or disagree over something
• guidance: Advice on what to do in school, job, future
• great: Very good; better than before
• podcast: A digital recording (e.g. radio show) for download
• medical: Of or relating to physical health or medicine
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• covert: Hidden; secret
• valve: A device along a pipe or tube to regulate flow
• superiority: Quality of being more effective, skillful etc.
• surrogate: Person appointed in the place of another
• surgical: Of or relating to surgery or operations
• clinically: With respect to treating and observing patients
• balloon: Thin bag of rubber filled with air, used as a toy
• datum: Item of factual information
• favorable: When a good result or positive outcome is likely
• rationale: Explanation of justification for something
• posterior: Positioned at or towards the back; later in time
• ascent: Act of rising or going upwards
• inferiority: State of being not as good as others
• worrisome: Not reassuring; tending to cause anxiety
• cardiology: Branch of medicine dealing with heart disease
• randomize: To arrange in a random order
• aortic: Belonging to the aorta artery of the heart