Vocabulary

• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• whole point: The main purpose or most important aspect of something.
• go on: To continue doing something
• in public: In a place where anyone can see or hear you.
• as a result of: Because of something; owing to.
• approved for: Officially accepted or allowed.
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• aspect: Way something looks or seems to be
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• exposure: Allowing light through a cameras lens onto film
• doubt: Not being sure of something; lack of certainty
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• identify: To indicate who or what someone or something is
• respiratory: (Medical) concerning breathing
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• significantly: In a way that is important or noticeable
• advocate: A lawyer who protects a clients interests
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• divide: To split numbers by another number, e.g. 6 / 2 = 3
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• mention: To refer to or talk or write about something
• pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
• association: Organization of people with the same interest
• conclusion: End of something; finish
• cast: People who appear in a play or movie
• inflammatory: Making or intended to make someone angry
• vaccine: Shot using weak disease cells to stop same disease
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• eradicate: To remove or destroy something completely
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• infant: Child in the beginning stage of life; a baby
• autism: Disorder that prevents normal communication
• viable: Being capable of living, growing, and developing
• platform: Flat, raised structure that people stand on
• pregnancy: When a woman carries her unborn baby inside her
• endemic: Natural to or typical of a specific place/people
• damn: To cause the downfall or failure of; criticize
• ratio: The relationship in relative size, etc.
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• diagnose: To determine the cause of an illness or problem
• restore: To return a thing to its original condition
• support: To give assistance or advice to someone
• public: Owned by the government
• dose: An amount of medicine to be taken at any one time
• onset: When something, e.g. an illness, starts; beginning
• subsequently: After something else has happened; as a result
• illuminate: To supply light to something
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• senator: An elected politician belonging to the senate
• fight: To argue or quarrel with someone about something
• post: To send a letter or package using stamps
• begin: To do the first part of an action; to start
• people: Persons sharing culture, country, background, etc.
• age: To keep food, wine for a long time to improve it
• smallpox: Contagious disease with pimples that leave scars
• longitudinal: Going from the top to the bottom of something
• retrospective: Relating to or thinking about the past
• immunization: Giving a drug to protect someone from disease
• anthrax: Highly infectious animal disease
• gen: (UK old-fashioned, informal) Information about a particular subject