Vocabulary

• lead to: To result in some action
• also known as: Also called; alternatively named.
• pass through: To experience something, often unpleasant or difficult.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• on the surface: Appearing to be true or real until examined more closely.
• well preserved: Maintained in excellent condition; not allowed to decline in quality or appearance.
• compared with: In relation to
• in blood: Covered or stained with blood, literally or figuratively.
• along with: In addition to; together with.
• together with: In addition to; along with.
• reduce the risk: To lessen the probability of something dangerous or harmful occurring.
• vulnerable: Being open to attack or damage
• entire: Complete or full; with no part left out; whole
• fatigue: Breaking due to being moved or bent many times
• access: Way to enter a place, e.g. a station or stadium
• reveal: To show something that was hidden before
• recap: Brief description of something that had been said
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• structure: The way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in this way
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• interpret: To express so that others understand it
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• pressure: Anxiety caused by difficult problems
• increase: To make or become larger in size or amount
• prevent: To stop something from happening or existing
• fluid: A material that can easily flow, e.g. water
• tendency: Likelihood to behave in a particular way
• reverse: Setting that makes the vehicle go backward
• function: Social event, or party such as a wedding
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
• syndrome: A group of signs and symptoms of a disease
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• vomit: Food coming back up from stomach, due to illness
• rapidly: With great speed; quickly
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• retain: To continue to have or use; keep the quality of
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• characteristic: Typical or distinctive
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• normal: Standard or regular way of doing something
• circulation: Movement of blood through the body
• invasive: Entering the body, etc. in a destructive way
• decrease: To reduce the size, amount or number of something
• scar: Long lasting emotional pain from a bad experience
• manage: To survive hardships and difficulties; to cope
• learn: To get knowledge or skills by study or experience
• diagnosis: Judgments by a doctor about a person's illness
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• procedure: A medical operation
• gastrointestinal: Concerning, affecting, or including both stomach and intestines
• liver: Organ from animals served as food
• microscopic: Too small to be seen with the eyes
• abdomen: The part of the body where the stomach is
• laboratory: A place to do scientific experiments
• abdominal: Concerned with the stomach area of a body
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• include: To make someone, something part of a group
• vein: Tube that returns blood from the body to the heart
• future: Time that is to come after the present
• discomfort: To cause to feel uncomfortable or not at ease
• rupture: To (cause to) burst or break
• portal: Type of gate or entry point, e.g. to the internet
• circulate: To go round continuously
• spleen: Organ near stomach that controls quality of blood
• collateral: Property you offer as security against a loan
• hypertension: Condition marked by abnormally high blood pressure
• upstream: In the direction opposite the flow of river/stream
• systemic: Affecting the entire body, system
• enlarge: To make something larger (e.g. a photo)
• beta: Test version of a product or software