Vocabulary

• over time: Gradually; as time passes.
• slip into: To quickly put on (a piece of clothing).
• play through: Continue playing despite injury or difficulty.
• lead to: To result in some action
• on the brain: To be constantly thinking about someone or something; to be obsessed with someone or something.
• in fact: Used to emphasize the truth of a statement, especially one that contrasts with or contradicts something else.
• chronic traumatic encephalopathy: A progressive degenerative disease of the brain found in individuals with a history of repetitive brain trauma.
• suffer from: To experience pain or distress; to be badly affected by.
• result in: To cause or produce as a consequence.
• at least: As a minimum
• in the first place: To begin with; as the first point or consideration.
• due to: Because of; owing to
• despite the fact: In spite of; notwithstanding.
• anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that might happen, especially when the outcome is uncertain.
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• technique: Way of doing by using special knowledge or skill
• stretch: To make your arm, leg muscles long to ease them
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• fragile: Easily affected, broken, or harmed
• category: Groups of things that are similar in some way
• culprit: Person who has done something wrong or illegal
• delicate: Easily broken or damaged
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• combination: Series of letters or numbers needed to open a lock
• protein: Group of molecules made from amino acids
• neuron: A nerve cell
• traumatic: Causing upsetting emotional effects over time
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• desire: To wish for, hope or want something
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• myth: Popular belief that is false, unsupported by fact
• consistency: Quality of behaving or meaning the same
• slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
• perform: To carry out an action well or successfully
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• syndrome: A group of signs and symptoms of a disease
• organ: Part of a person's body with a particular function
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• dementia: Illness characterized by loss of memory
• behavior: The way a person or thing acts; manner
• alter: To change so (clothing) fits better
• blow: To move something using air
• explain: To make clear or easy to understand by describing
• disrupt: To cause a disturbance in an activity in progress
• tissue: Substance formed by cells of living thing; flesh
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• communicate: To give and exchange information
• respond: To answer something or someone
• bump: To bounce along over a rough surface
• undermine: To weaken or destroy secretly and usually slowly
• mood: Emotion or a state of mind; how you feel
• tear: Drop of salty water from the eye
• document: Official (printed) record that gives information
• skull: Structure of bones forming the face and head
• heal: To recover from or forget a bad experience
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• shield: A family's coat of arms or insignia
• coma: State of unconsciousness caused by injury, disease
• invincible: That cannot be defeated; unbeatable
• interior: Part of country that is far from the border, coast
• fact: Something that is known or proved to be true
• blurry: Being indistinguishable or unclear in shape
• concussion: Injury to the brain caused by a blow
• jolt: Sudden shock (e.g. of electricity or surprise)
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• degenerate: To become something worse or inferior; deteriorate
• onset: When something, e.g. an illness, starts; beginning
• hard: Difficult to do; difficult to understand
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• recreational: Being done for pleasure
• repeatedly: (Said, done) many times; over and over
• blackout: When the electric power is off; outage
• axon: Long nerve fiber that leads away from a neuron
• tau: 19th letter of the Greek alphabet