Vocabulary

• alternative energy: Energy generated from natural resources, such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, and geothermal heat, which are renewable.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• due to: Because of; owing to
• compared with: In relation to
• recognize: To accept the truth or reality of something
• vital: Needed to support life; essential
• prioritize: To rank things in importance
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• positive: Showing agreement or support for something
• expect: To believe something is probably going to happen
• amount: Quantity of something
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• hypothesis: A theory trying to explain something
• alter: To change so (clothing) fits better
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• pneumonia: Serious illness affecting the lungs and breathing
• subsequent: Happening after; later
• glucose: Natural type of sugar found in fruits and plants
• consciousness: Process by which thoughts, ideas are processed
• address: Exact street location of a place
• metabolic: Concerning the body's metabolism
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• extra: More than necessary; additional
• retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• impair: To damage or weaken something
• evaluate: To form an idea to judge something carefully
• insulin: Substance in the body processing sugar into energy
• blow: To move something using air
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• urine: Yellow liquid waste from the body
• relate: To demonstrate a logical relationship between
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• record: Highest or most extreme level achieved
• analyze: To study carefully to find out the meaning of
• leave: To go away from; depart
• assessment: Conclusion, opinion formed after due consideration
• diagnose: To determine the cause of an illness or problem
• coma: State of unconsciousness caused by injury, disease
• cardiac: Concerning the heart
• deficiency: Lack of something that is necessary
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• nasal: Concerning, used for, or relating to the nose
• information: Collection of facts and details about something
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• active: Moving around a lot or doing many things
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• hook: Bent tool used to catch fish or to hang things on
• medication: Substance to relieve pain or cure sickness
• intervene: To get involved to try to prevent trouble
• elevate: To make something higher
• dehydrate: To cause (skin, body) to lose water that is needed
• saturation: Process of totally wetting something
• diabetic: Concerning diabetes; suffering from diabetes
• serum: Blood that contains substances that fight diseases
• bicarbonate: Salt of carbonic acid (containing the anion HCO3)
• airway: Passage for air to pass through, e.g. your throat
• ph: Acidity or alkalinity value of a solution