Vocabulary

• heart monitor: A medical device used to continuously monitor a patient's heart rate and rhythm.
• for instance: As an example.
• on the spot: Immediately; at that location.
• at work: Located at one's place of employment
• in the way: Obstructing someone or something; hindering progress.
• fill out: To become fatter
• as long as: For the period that; provided that.
• for too long: For an excessively extended period.
• at risk: In danger; likely to be harmed
• work out
• sift through: To examine something very carefully in order to find something important or useful.
• back to work: Returning to one's job or professional duties after a period of absence.
• go back to: To return to a starting point
• cope with: To deal successfully with a difficult situation.
• rate it: To give something a score or evaluation based on its quality or merit.
• in a sense: In one way of thinking; to some extent; in some ways.
• work in: To make an opening for something in your schedule
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• chronic: Always or often doing something, e.g. lying
• meditation: Act of deep and quiet thinking
• immune: Having a special protection from, e.g. the law
• nasty: Very bad, unpleasant, or offensive
• resilience: Ability to recover quickly from something bad
• diabetes: Illness where there is too much sugar in the blood
• adrenaline: Chemical in the body that responds to stress, fear
• experience: Thing a person has done or that happened to them
• impact: A striking effect or result to hit with force
• instance: An example of something; case
• experiment: Test performed to assess new ideas or theories
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• resilient: Recovering quickly from something bad
• respiratory: (Medical) concerning breathing
• variety: Particular type of thing or person
• disease: Illness that affects a person, animal, or plant
• demand: Desire customers have to buy product, service
• stress: To emphasize one or more parts of a word, sentence
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• hormone: Chemical produced by the body to control functions
• environment: Natural world in which plants and animals live
• excessive: Beyond what is usual or proper
• inflammation: Painful swelling in the body due to illness
• evolutionary: Concerning gradual change over time
• cardiovascular: Concerning the heart and vessels of the body
• cope: To deal with something in spite of difficulties
• mean: Average of a set of numbers
• confront: To make someone, e.g. who has lied, face the truth
• prompt: Message on a computer requiring attention
• response: Something said/written as an answer to something
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• inflammatory: Making or intended to make someone angry
• challenge: An activity you wish to try that may be hard to do
• regulate: To control something with rules or laws
• insulin: Substance in the body processing sugar into energy
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• rate: To assess something or consider its qualities
• colleague: Person you work or cooperate with
• respond: To answer something or someone
• relief: Aid given to people in need as after war/disaster
• hostile: Unwelcoming; showing ill will, as to an enemy
• mindfulness: Paying attention to your responsibilities
• reassure: To make feel less worried about something
• physiological: Of or relating to functions of the body
• log: To move a certain distance or speed, as recorded
• sift: To look through and remove less valuable things
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• portable: Light enough to be moved around with ease
• modify: To make minor change to something
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• fitness: Good physical condition; being in shape
• prolong: To make continue for a longer amount of time
• pit: To use your strength, skill or wit to beat another
• wear: To have clothes, glasses, shoes etc. on your body
• cascade: Body of water falling from something tall
• flexibility: The quality of being able to be bent or stretched
• understand: To know the meaning of language, what someone says
• physiology: Ways in which the parts of a living thing operate
• work: The product of some artistic or literary endeavor
• heart: A feeling of care for others; compassion
• overdrive: Extra gear on a vehicle that allows more power
• yoga: Exercise system to gain suppleness and tranquility
• cardiology: Branch of medicine dealing with heart disease