Vocabulary

• act on: To have an effect on something.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• end in: To have something as the final result.
• as well as: Also; in addition to
• point out: To make others aware of an idea
• due to: Because of; owing to
• as with: In the same way that something happens or is true of something else.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• in blood: Covered or stained with blood, literally or figuratively.
• such as: For example; like
• contract in: To formally engage someone by contract.
• also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
• rate as: To consider someone or something to be of a particular quality or standard.
• specific: Precise; particular; just about that thing
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• present: Being in attendance; being there; having turned up
• term: Conditions applying to an agreement, contract
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• contract: To become ill as a result of getting a disease
• concentration: Amount or number of something in a thing or place
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• occur: To come to pass or to happen
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• vessel: Container, such as a cup, for holding liquids
• refer: To talk about or write about something
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• pretty: Being attractive to the eye in a simple way
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• contraction: Process of becoming smaller in length/size
• calcium: A substance important for making bones and teeth
• oxygen: A gas in the air that we need to breathe
• influx: Sudden arrival of many people or things
• potent: (Of men) being able to make a woman pregnant
• slight: Small (amount, quality)
• discuss: To talk about seriously or in great detail
• dilate: (Of the iris of the eye, etc.) to get bigger
• velocity: Speed in a given direction
• reduction: Act of making something smaller
• rapid: Moving or happening very quickly
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• important: Having power or authority
• cardiac: Concerning the heart
• physiological: Of or relating to functions of the body
• pain: Strong feeling of hurt or discomfort
• restore: To return a thing to its original condition
• order: Religious or social group, as of nuns
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• artery: Tubes that carry blood from the heart to the body
• membrane: Outside covering of a cell
• occurrence: Specific instance of something happening
• plaque: Sign on building as a reminder of an event/person
• pathway: A path or way that you can walk
• reflex: Body's physical reaction done unconsciously
• coronary: Concerning the heart
• arch: Curved part of a structure (e.g. on a bridge)
• node: A junction point in a network or stem
• ventricle: Chamber of the heart that pumps blood to arteries
• vascular: Of tubes through which fluids flow in body/plant
• systemic: Affecting the entire body, system
• ion: Atoms with either a positive or negative charge
• voltage: Measured force of electricity
• arterial: Concerning, involving or contained in the arteries
• propagation: Spreading of something (a belief or practice)
• carotid: Of two major arteries supplying blood to head/neck
• aortic: Belonging to the aorta artery of the heart