Vocabulary

• care for: To want or desire a thing
• check out
• deal in: To buy and sell a particular product or products.
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• in mind: Being aware of or considering something.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• has over: To invite someone to your house.
• cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• pursue: To follow and try to catch, or to reach a goal
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• reward: To give something because of someone's good work
• consistently: In a manner that is the same almost every time
• myth: Popular belief that is false, unsupported by fact
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• emerge: To rise or appear out of some background
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• require: To demand that someone does something
• primary: Most important, most basic or essential
• metabolic: Concerning the body's metabolism
• modest: Not large in amount, size, etc.; moderate
• comprehensive: Including most or all things
• surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• bump: To bounce along over a rough surface
• bottom: The part of your body you sit on
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• compensation: (Money) given or received as payment for loss
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• specialty: Skill or a dish that a person, business is good at
• infectious: Capable of transmitting disease to others
• reasonable: Being somewhat good, but not great
• attend: To take care of someone in need
• antibiotic: (Drug) used to fight certain kinds of diseases
• chart: Drawing showing information in a clear way
• match: To equal or be as good as something else
• dispel: To make fear, an idea etc. go away
• alternatively: (Used when suggesting another choice)
• tuberculosis: Disease affecting especially the lungs
• train: Line of people, animals moving the same direction
• check: Paper showing how much you owe at a restaurant
• salary: Money an employee is paid each month
• earn: To deserve something because you worked for it
• list: To lean to one side, like a boat or ship
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• manageable: Able to be managed or controlled
• surgical: Of or relating to surgery or operations
• hormonal: Concerning or caused by hormones in the body
• long: Person's name
• care: To feel interest, concern, or worry
• gateway: Entrance that can be closed by a gate
• thyroid: Of thyroid gland or cartilage in neck or throat
• osteoporosis: Medical condition that weakens bones, causing them to break easily
• short: (Of electric circuit) to spark because faulty
• reimbursement: Money paid for damages, losses or money spent etc.
• pediatric: Concerning the medical care of children
• residency: Training for a junior doctor in hospital
• inpatient: Patient who is being treated in the hospital
• cardiology: Branch of medicine dealing with heart disease