Vocabulary

• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• in blood: Covered or stained with blood, literally or figuratively.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• break down: To forcibly break, destroy or make collapse
• for short: As a shortened form of a name or phrase.
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• move into: To start living in a new house or building
• such as: For example; like
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• on the other hand : Considering a different aspect of the matter; alternatively.
• of age: Having reached the legal age of adulthood.
• increased risk: A greater chance of something harmful or dangerous happening.
• lead to: To result in some action
• for long: For a considerable period of time.
• average height: The typical or normal height.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• run on: To continue longer than expected, e.g. a meeting
• multiple: Having or involving more than one of something
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• typically: In a normal or usual way
• therapy: Treatment to help cure an illness
• common: Area in a city or town that is open to everyone
• represent: To depict art objects, figures, scenes; to portray
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• regular: Having an equal amount of space or time in between
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• glucose: Natural type of sugar found in fruits and plants
• generally: Usually; as a rule; by, to or for most people
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• steady: Happening or developing at a regular rate
• effect: An advantage, benefit
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• insulin: Substance in the body processing sugar into energy
• due: When something is required or expected
• empty: Containing nothing; with no contents
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• counteract: To reduce the impact doing something opposite
• tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
• produce: Fresh foods such as fruits and vegetables
• gain: To increase in something, such as weight
• intermediate: Between; in the middle; moderate
• toddler: Young child learning to walk
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• commonly: Typically, normally; not unusually
• rapid: Moving or happening very quickly
• tolerance: Ability to adjust to changes, your environment etc.
• important: Having power or authority
• duration: Length of time that something lasts
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• acid: Sour substance that reacts with metals e.g. lemon
• act: To behave in a certain way
• chain: To feel to be bound or tied to
• membrane: Outside covering of a cell
• liver: Organ from animals served as food
• onset: When something, e.g. an illness, starts; beginning
• basal: Concerning the lowest level or fundamentals
• addition: Act of adding something; thing that is added
• medication: Substance to relieve pain or cure sickness
• breakdown: When normal activity or behavior stops
• potassium: A common, soft, silvery white metal with many uses
• cell: Smallest unit of living things in biology
• bind: To cover a wound, as with a bandage
• focus: To see clearly by adjusting your eyes or a camera
• ultra: Prefix that denotes a lot of something; extreme
• fuse: Device connected to and making a bomb explode
• administer: To give e.g. medicine to a patient
• amino: Of some substances that form proteins
• inject: To add or put in more (money, energy etc.)
• skeletal: Of the bones of the body
• synthesis: Process of making something new out of other ones
• injection: Act of adding or putting in; adding to
• alpha: First letter in the Greek alphabet
• ogre: Cruel and frightening giant who eats people
• beta: Test version of a product or software