Vocabulary

• open-heart surgery: Surgery performed on the opened heart, usually involving a heart-lung bypass machine.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• have to: Must do
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• on the surface: Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
• in practice: In reality or actual use; as opposed to in theory.
• on top of that: In addition to something already mentioned; furthermore.
• piece together: To assemble or put together from fragments or parts.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• average down: To reduce the average price of holdings by buying more shares cheaply.
• at most: Not more than; a maximum of.
• in terms of
• as with: In the same way that something happens or is true of something else.
• wait for: To wait until someone comes, or something happens
• in the middle of: In the central part or point of something.
• saying goes: An expression or proverb that is commonly known and used.
• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• at night: During the night; in the nighttime.
• in with: Fashionable or popular at the moment.
• in ways: In a manner or by methods that.
• in the hospital: Located inside a hospital receiving medical care.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• go away: To go on vacation
• check out
• routine: Happening or done regularly or habitually
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
• split: No longer married or in a relationship
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• intellectual: connected with or using a person’s ability to think in a logical way and understand things
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• failure: When things go wrong; lack of function
• significantly: In a way that is important or noticeable
• integrate: To combine together; make into one thing
• cardiovascular: Concerning the heart and vessels of the body
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• personality: Way someone is or reacts to life or other people
• regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
• surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• intersection: Place where two things cross
• ambiguous: Able to be understood in more than one way
• invasive: Entering the body, etc. in a destructive way
• cardiac: Concerning the heart
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• offer: Price you say you are willing to pay for something
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• procedure: A medical operation
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• overlap: To lie over or cover a part of something else
• specialty: Skill or a dish that a person, business is good at
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• fill: To make something full
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• surgeon: A doctor who performs surgery
• aspire: To have a great ambition or goal
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• predictable: Capable of being guessed before it happens
• attend: To take care of someone in need
• valve: A device along a pipe or tube to regulate flow
• lung: One of the two organs we use to breathe
• burnout: When you get exhausted from the effort of your job
• pathway: A path or way that you can walk
• congenital: Existing since or before birth
• surgical: Of or relating to surgery or operations
• bypass: To go around something; avoid
• coronary: Concerning the heart
• transplant: A medical operation to replace organs of the body
• fellowship: Friendly feeling or relationship
• residency: Training for a junior doctor in hospital
• certify: To approve someone as authorized, valid
• cardiologist: Doctor specializing in disorders of the heart
• thoracic: Concerning the chest or thorax
• cardiology: Branch of medicine dealing with heart disease
• aortic: Belonging to the aorta artery of the heart