Vocabulary

• such as: For example; like
• due to: Because of; owing to
• prior to: Before a particular time or event.
• take away from: To reduce the positive effect or value of something.
• regardless of
• result in: To cause or produce as a consequence.
• also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
• at least: As a minimum
• guard against: To take precautions against something undesirable.
• on end: Continuously; without stopping.
• constantly: Frequently, or without pause
• achieve: To succeed in doing good, usually by working hard
• consume: To eat, drink, buy or use up something
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• burden: To weigh down with a load; impose a task upon
• conventional: Following the common attitudes and practices
• automatically: In a way not requiring control by a person
• avoid: To prevent from happening
• interaction: Process of people or things affecting each other
• mechanism: Part of a machine that performs a certain function
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• issue: To make something available to be used or sold
• volatile: Able to easily become a gas at a low temperature
• compensate: To give (money) to as a form of correcting a loss
• require: To demand that someone does something
• metabolic: Concerning the body's metabolism
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• account: An advantage
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• deliver: To give birth to a child; help a woman give birth
• panel: Group who answer questions or give opinions
• due: When something is required or expected
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• prior: Existing or coming earlier in time
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• resolve: To make a decision to do something
• place: To put someone in a particular type of situation
• cardiac: Concerning the heart
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• operate: To control or handle something, such as a machine
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• circuit: An area where cars race in a circle
• great: Very good; better than before
• set: Prepared for something; ready
• difference: A thing or issue that people do not agree about
• minimum: Smallest degree or level that is acceptable
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• leak: Act of (gas, liquid) escaping through a small hole
• minute: Notes taken at a meeting to record what was said
• percentage: Part of a whole divided into hundredths
• minimal: The smallest possible; least
• ventilation: Act of supplying fresh air to get rid of bad air
• bypass: To go around something; avoid
• tidal: Of the regular rise and fall of the sea level
• healthcare: Nursing care to prevent illness or recover from it
• workload: Work you are expected to do in a specified time
• incorrect: Being wrong or inaccurate
• airway: Passage for air to pass through, e.g. your throat
• clinician: Doctor who examines and treats patients