Vocabulary

• prior to: Before a particular time or event.
• at least: As a minimum
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• incredibly important: Extremely significant or crucial.
• do in: To make completely tired out and exhausted
• look for: To try to find a thing or person that is lost
• reduce the risk: To lessen the probability of something dangerous or harmful occurring.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• mental: Concerning the mind
• subtle: Delicate or slight so it is difficult to perceive
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• routine: Happening or done regularly or habitually
• therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• spontaneous: Happening on its own, without anyone helping it
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• mortality: Quality or state of being capable of dying
• admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• threshold: Degree or level at which something begins
• protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
• fluid: A material that can easily flow, e.g. water
• presentation: Act of giving a formal talk about something
• nausea: Feeling of sickness so that you feel like vomiting
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• alter: To change so (clothing) fits better
• sensitive: Taking offense easily; easily upset or hurt
• diarrhea: Frequent and watery bowel movements
• vomit: Food coming back up from stomach, due to illness
• require: To demand that someone does something
• observe: To celebrate a particular holiday/religious event
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• panel: Group who answer questions or give opinions
• generation: Act or process of producing or causing something
• due: When something is required or expected
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• prior: Existing or coming earlier in time
• kidney: Body organ that cleans blood, producing urine
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• acute: (Of an angle in math) of less than 90 degrees
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• assessment: Conclusion, opinion formed after due consideration
• collaborate: To cooperate with or help an enemy
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• diagnosis: Judgments by a doctor about a person's illness
• procedure: A medical operation
• tenderness: Pain that is felt (as when the area is touched)
• dose: An amount of medicine to be taken at any one time
• liver: Organ from animals served as food
• fever: A high body temperature, indicating illness
• legend: List of explanations of symbols on map, etc.
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• evaluation: Judgment about the value or condition of something
• abdominal: Concerned with the stomach area of a body
• administer: To give e.g. medicine to a patient
• elevate: To make something higher
• dysfunction: Failure to act as expected, as in a social context
• post: To send a letter or package using stamps
• diffuse: To cause something to spread through a large area
• line: Border that divides two places or regions
• need: To be unable to manage without something; require
• transfusion: Act of putting someone else's blood into a patient
• bacterial: Concerning or caused by bacteria
• asymptomatic: Having no symptoms of illness or disease
• inoculate: To inject a disease to build up immunity to it
• wall: High, flat side of a room or building
• hypothermia: Subnormal body temperature
• ultrasound: Use of sound waves to therapy or diagnostics
• renal: Of the kidneys or diseases of the kidneys
• differential: Different, as in treatment; discriminatory