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
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• recommend: To advise or suggest that someone do something
• routine: Happening or done regularly or habitually
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• 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
• variety: Particular type of thing or person
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• mortality: Quality or state of being capable of dying
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• fluid: A material that can easily flow, e.g. water
• status: Position or rank relative to others in a society
• concern: To be about a particular topic
• alter: To change so (clothing) fits better
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• intervention: Getting involved to solve a disagreement, problem
• 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
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• suggest: To mention something that could be done; propose
• stage: To organize an event to gain public interest
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• reduction: Act of making something smaller
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• 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
• great: Very good; better than before
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• evaluation: Judgment about the value or condition of something
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• abdominal: Concerned with the stomach area of a body
• administer: To give e.g. medicine to a patient
• acidic: Containing acid
• elevate: To make something higher
• dysfunction: Failure to act as expected, as in a social context
• diagnostic: Concerning finding out the cause of a problem
• transfusion: Act of putting someone else's blood into a patient
• bacterial: Concerning or caused by bacteria
• renal: Of the kidneys or diseases of the kidneys
• bedside: (Of bed) by the side of a bed