Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• regardless of
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• used up: To use all of; consume
• due to: Because of; owing to
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• increased risk: A greater chance of something harmful or dangerous happening.
• medical research: Scientific investigation to improve medical knowledge and treatments.
• account for: To explain the cause or reason for something
• check out
• subscribe: To regularly pay to receive a service
• pandemic: (of a disease) existing in almost all of an area or in almost all of a group of people, animals, or plants
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• material: Cloth; fabric
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• permanent: Lasting forever; not temporary or changing
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• hormone: Chemical produced by the body to control functions
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• significantly: In a way that is important or noticeable
• toxic: Poisonous; harmful
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• estimate: Guess or calculation of cost, size or value
• absorb: To take up all attention / energy of something
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• synthetic: Not natural; made from artificial materials
• simply: In an easy or clear manner
• decision: Choice made after thinking; final judgment
• moisture: Small amount of wetness that can be felt
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
• tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
• emergency: Sudden event needing an immediate action
• vacuum: Space with absolutely no air in it
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• ingest: To eat, drink, or swallow something
• pregnancy: When a woman carries her unborn baby inside her
• foreign: Being of a different place or country
• promote: To try to encourage popularity/sales of a product
• aspiration: Great desire to achieve something
• evacuation: Sending to a safer place because of danger
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• procedure: A medical operation
• fetal: Of a fetus or unborn baby
• menstrual: Concerning a female's period
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• medication: Substance to relieve pain or cure sickness
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• fatality: Death resulting from an accident or a disaster
• uterus: Inside part of female animals where young develop
• oral: Concerning the mouth
• expel: To force a person to leave a place or organization
• conform: To agree or be compatible with something else
• tube: Plastic or metal container for soft substances
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• world: All the humans, events, activities on the earth
• insert: To put something into a certain place or spot
• surgical: Of or relating to surgery or operations
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• gestation: Time a child grows inside its mother's womb
• suction: Process of extracting air, as to cause to stick
• dilation: Act of making (eyes) more open or expanded
• contraceptive: Device used to prevent pregnancy
• childbirth: Process of giving birth to a child