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
• 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
• roughly: Approximately; (of numbers) about; around
• hormone: Chemical produced by the body to control functions
• 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
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• synthetic: Not natural; made from artificial materials
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• temporary: Continuing for a limited time; not permanent
• moisture: Small amount of wetness that can be felt
• empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
• surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• extensive: Large; full or complete
• tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
• 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
• limit: Point beyond which it is not possible to go
• evacuation: Sending to a safer place because of danger
• illegal: Not allowed by the laws or rules
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• procedure: A medical operation
• fetal: Of a fetus or unborn baby
• menstrual: Concerning a female's period
• worldwide: Spanning or extending throughout the entire world
• conversely: In the opposite way; on the other hand
• embryo: Tiny plant stored inside a seed
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• medication: Substance to relieve pain or cure sickness
• fatality: Death resulting from an accident or a disaster
• uterus: Inside part of female animals where young develop
• oral: Concerning the mouth
• seaweed: Plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae
• expel: To force a person to leave a place or organization
• minimize: To make something seem small or less important
• anesthesia: Loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness
• wide: Having a great distance from one side to the other
• tablet: Small hand-held computer with a touch screen
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• travel: To go to a place that is far away
• surgical: Of or relating to surgery or operations
• anti: A prefix meaning 'against' or 'opposed'
• number: Symbols such as 1, 2, 56, 793
• 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