Vocabulary

• open-heart surgery: Surgery performed on the opened heart, usually involving a heart-lung bypass machine.
• in ways: In a manner or by methods that.
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• recovery from: The process of regaining health or strength after an illness or injury.
• across the board: Broad in scope or content
• in private: Not in public; in a place where other people cannot see or hear you
• call on: To order or ask someone to do a specific activity
• clock out: To record the time of one's departure from work, typically using a time clock.
• work on: To devote effort to improve or develop something
• back into: To drive a vehicle backwards into a space or area.
• give up: To lose hope or admit defeat
• by nature: Inherently; by one's character or disposition.
• regardless of
• end in: To have something as the final result.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• in the field: Working or doing research in a real-world environment, not in a classroom or laboratory.
• up against: Facing or contending with something difficult or challenging.
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• practice: The office and place for legal or medical work
• trauma: A very severe or upsetting experience
• average: Total of numbers divided by the number of items
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• approximately: Around; nearly; almost; about (a number)
• career: Particular occupation in professional life
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• reality: What is true, as opposed to what is imagined
• integrate: To combine together; make into one thing
• deteriorate: To become worse in condition or value
• worth: the financial, practical or moral value of somebody/something
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• draw: To attract attention to someone or something
• require: To demand that someone does something
• board: Surface for posting or showing information
• organ: Part of a person's body with a particular function
• technically: In an exact and particular manner
• option: A choice
• surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
• neurological: Concerning, used in or practicing neurology
• competitive: Being strongly driven to win or be better than
• patient: Not getting annoyed when things take a long time
• spine: Line of bones that runs down your back
• radiation: Energy transmitted as rays, waves or particles
• skull: Structure of bones forming the face and head
• century: Period of 100 years
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• cardiac: Concerning the heart
• single: One run in cricket or a hit baseball
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• specialty: Skill or a dish that a person, business is good at
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• surgeon: A doctor who performs surgery
• stimulation: Arousal of interest or emotions
• step: Movement done as part of a particular dance
• attend: To take care of someone in need
• cord: A long strong material, thicker than string
• lung: One of the two organs we use to breathe
• part: Division of a book
• chemotherapy: Treatment of diseases using chemicals
• pathway: A path or way that you can walk
• spinal: Concerning the spine or nerves in your back
• surgical: Of or relating to surgery or operations
• considerably: Quite a lot; to a large degree
• cancer: Any growth caused by abnormal cell division
• stabilize: To make stable/consistent, with no major changes
• bypass: To go around something; avoid
• residency: Training for a junior doctor in hospital
• certify: To approve someone as authorized, valid