Vocabulary

• under the microscope: Being examined very carefully or in great detail.
• show up: To arrive or be seen at a place, e.g. a party
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• in difficulty: In trouble or facing hardship.
• such as: For example; like
• pile up: To put things on top of each other to form a pile
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• not necessary: Not required; not needed.
• cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• critical: Making a negative judgment of something
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• physical: Health check at the doctors' or hospital
• recap: Brief description of something that had been said
• disorder: State of confusion or a lack of organization
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
• sensation: (Person) attracting the interest of many people
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• trial: Hearing and judgment of a case in court
• protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
• intricate: Very detailed or difficult to untangle
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
• suspect: Person thought to have committed a crime
• accumulate: To gather or acquire so that you have more of it
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• require: To demand that someone does something
• nervous: Concerning the system of nerves in the body
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• sensory: Referring to the physical senses
• spine: Line of bones that runs down your back
• cure: Something that solves a problem or makes it better
• notice: To become aware by sight, touch, or hearing
• invasive: Entering the body, etc. in a destructive way
• swollen: To increase in size or number larger than normal
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• diagnosis: Judgments by a doctor about a person's illness
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• natural: Being as one would expect; being usual or normal
• curl: To form something into a round or curved shape
• peripheral: Computer devices attached to the computer
• inherit: To have a quality or feature passed down at birth
• breakdown: When normal activity or behavior stops
• make: To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• cord: A long strong material, thicker than string
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• abnormal: Not normal, not typical, not usual, not regular
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• childhood: The time when you are a child
• gene: Part of cell controlling development of a thing
• spinal: Concerning the spine or nerves in your back
• supportive: Providing help and support to someone or something
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• caregiver: Person giving care or helping others
• shaft: To ruin the plans or prospects of others
• occupational: Concerning your job or career
• worsen: To make or become worse
• unsteady: Variable; subject to change
• kinky: Sexually deviant