Vocabulary

• have to: Must do
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• by hand: Done manually; not by machine.
• instead of: When one thing is replaced by another
• medical research: Scientific investigation to improve medical knowledge and treatments.
• in perspective: Considered in relation to other things, so as to judge what is truly important.
• to the death: With the greatest effort or until the very end, often deadly.
• figure out: To understand the behavior of someone
• on average: Typically; usually; based on an average calculation.
• think of: To look on as (being something specific); consider
• step back: To move backwards; to move away from something.
• got to: To arrive at some place
• look around: To explore a place; search for something.
• move away: To relocate; to go and live in a different place.
• think about: To consider something carefully.
• at a time: Separately; one by one
• take out: To apply for and get a license
• deal with
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• make up: To invent or create a story
• by itself: Alone; without help or assistance.
• genetic information: Hereditary information encoded in the genetic material (DNA or RNA) of an organism.
• in the future: At a later time; in times to come.
• at some point: At an unspecified time, usually in the future.
• incredibly important: Extremely significant or crucial.
• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• extraordinary: Beyond what is ordinary; very unusual; remarkable
• incredible: Very good; amazing
• enormous: Huge; very big; very important
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• severe: Very bad; harsh
• applause: The sound made by clapping a performance or speech
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• contribute: To be a factor in causing something to happen
• hurdle: Small fence a person or horse jumps over in a race
• diverse: Being varied or different from each other
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• ability: The power, resources or skill to do something
• research: To study in order to discover new ideas and facts
• exist: To be present, alive or real
• field: Area of study, such as physics or biology
• affect: To cause a change in something else
• genetic: Of, relating to, or controlled by genes
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• sequence: Part of a movie showing one part of the story
• fatal: Causing death; having very bad consequences
• generate: To create or be produced or bring into existence
• stem: Long thin central part of a plant, bearing leaves
• neuron: A nerve cell
• create: To make, cause, or bring into existence
• clinical: Concerning the treatment or observing patients
• induce: To make someone do something; create an outcome
• patient: Not getting annoyed when things take a long time
• withdraw: To take money out of a bank account
• array: A regular order or arrangement of things
• terrific: Spoken excellent; wonderful
• technology: Use or knowledge of science in industry etc.
• cardiac: Concerning the heart
• genetically: Caused or controlled, or by genes
• terrible: Very bad; horrible
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• arthritis: Diseases of the joints often with painful swelling
• liver: Organ from animals served as food
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• worse: Comparative of 'bad'; more bad
• wrong: Action that is harmful, unjust or illegal
• drug: Illegal substance taken for effect on the mind
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• pharmaceutical: Concerning the science of drugs and medicines
• healthy: In good condition physically, or financially; well
• type: Printed letters or blocks used for printing them
• avatar: An online character that represents who you are
• think: To have an idea about something without certainty
• toxin: Any poisonous substance
• genome: Complete set of genetic material in an organism
• artisanal: Of products made skillfully by hand
• preventable: Being capable of being stopped from happening
• morph: (Of computer animation) to gradually change shape
• embryonic: Undeveloped, as if in an early stage
• subset: A small set which is part of a larger set
• personalize: To make personal or more personal
• aspirin: Medicine used to treat pain and fever
• assay: To performs chemical tests on metals e.g. gold)