Vocabulary

• lower half: The bottom part of something, especially when divided horizontally.
• such as: For example; like
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• by hand: Done manually; not by machine.
• in future: At a time yet to come; from now onwards.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• inside of: Within; in the inner part of.
• check out
• progress: To move forward or toward a place or goal
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• position: Person's opinion or attitude about something
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• fluid: A material that can easily flow, e.g. water
• distress: State of great sadness, anxiety or pain
• numb: Unable to feel a body part due to cold or illness
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• section: A part of a whole
• typical: Normal; usual; expected
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• labor: To struggle to do something because it's difficult
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• lift: Picking someone up in a car and taking to a place
• due: When something is required or expected
• surgery: Medical operation involving cutting into body
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
• reduce: To try to decrease, e.g. your weight if overweight
• internal: Being or happening in the body
• layer: One of several sheets of a material or object
• heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
• pregnancy: When a woman carries her unborn baby inside her
• proceed: To continue to do something; carry on
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• assessment: Conclusion, opinion formed after due consideration
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• delivery: Way someone acts when speaking publicly
• membrane: Outside covering of a cell
• fetal: Of a fetus or unborn baby
• damage: Physical harm that is done to something
• point: An item to be discussed
• abdomen: The part of the body where the stomach is
• surgeon: A doctor who performs surgery
• stitch: Pain in your side after running or exercising
• uterus: Inside part of female animals where young develop
• abdominal: Concerned with the stomach area of a body
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• traction: Force causing moving thing to stick, e.g. on roads
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• cord: A long strong material, thicker than string
• horizontal: Concerning the horizon
• part: Division of a book
• abnormal: Not normal, not typical, not usual, not regular
• regional: Of a particular area, not the whole of a country
• underlie: To be the basis, foundation or cause of something
• placenta: Organ that supplies nutrients to fetus in the womb
• incision: Cut, as that done by a surgeon in an operation
• childbirth: Process of giving birth to a child
• sac: Bag-like part of an animal or plant
• transverse: Laying or made across something
• hairline: A very thin line or crack