Vocabulary

• work together: To collaborate or cooperate with others to achieve a common goal.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• such as: For example; like
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
• at least: As a minimum
• period: Set amount of time during which events take place
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• spectrum: The wavelengths of colors from red to violet
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• describe: To tell the appearance, sound, smell of something
• unique: Unlike other things; being the only one like it
• inflammation: Painful swelling in the body due to illness
• initially: At first; originally
• trial: Hearing and judgment of a case in court
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
• fluid: A material that can easily flow, e.g. water
• drain: Hole or pipe that water, waste etc. flows into
• stimulate: To arouse or excite emotionally
• shrink: To become smaller
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
• address: Exact street location of a place
• formula: A mathematical or scientific rule
• form: Sports team or person's current winning record
• inflammatory: Making or intended to make someone angry
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• temporarily: For a limited amount of time
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• application: Software program, e.g. for smart phone
• contraction: Process of becoming smaller in length/size
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
• infant: Child in the beginning stage of life; a baby
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• gland: Organ that produces substances for the body to use
• pregnancy: When a woman carries her unborn baby inside her
• development: Act or process of growing bigger or more advanced
• swell: To feel overcome due to a strong emotion
• oxytocin: Hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland (trade name Pitocin); stimulates contractions of the uterus and ejection of milk
• frequency: Number of repetitions of (radio or sound) wave
• inhibit: To stop a person expressing themselves normally
• biological: Being related to life and living things
• breast: Fleshy part of a woman's body for feeding babies
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• latch: To tightly attach yourself to something
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• reflex: Body's physical reaction done unconsciously
• physiology: Ways in which the parts of a living thing operate
• secretion: Release of a liquid from a gland or cell
• placenta: Organ that supplies nutrients to fetus in the womb
• bacterial: Concerning or caused by bacteria
• duct: Narrow tube carrying a liquid within body or plant
• nipple: Part of a breast; (on a woman) part baby sucks
• ejection: Making a disk, etc. come out of a machine
• breastfeed: To feed a baby with breast milk