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Word | Meaning | Advanced |
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suddenly | adv: quickly and unexpectedly | |
collapse | v: to fall down or give way suddenly, often after breaking apart | |
severe | adj: extremely serious or bad in feeling, manner, or strict and harsh; extremely strong or vigorous | |
gastric | adj: relating to the stomach or the digestive system; characterized by or causing discomfort or pain in the stomach or upper abdomen | |
influenza | n: (formal for flu) a highly contagious viral disease that causes fever, severe aching, and catarrh and often occurs in epidemics | |
symptom | n: any sensation or change in body or mind that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease | |
linger | v: to stay in a place or exist longer than expected | |
joint | adj: shared, held, or made between two or more people; (noun) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton | |
eventually | adv: finally, particularly after a long time or a lot of struggle, complications, and so on | |
diagnose | v: to determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a careful analysis | |
extreme | adj: very great in amount or degree | |
deafferentation | n: the loss or absence of sensory inputs to the brain from an area of the body, typically due to damage or loss of nerve connections | |
neurological | adj: of or relating to the science of neurology or the nervous system | |
nervous | adj: worried and anxious about something; relating to the nerves | |
interrupt | v: to say or do something that causes someone to stop in their speech or action | |
impair | v: to damage something or make it weaker or worse | |
constant | adj: happening repeatedly or all the time | |
limb | n: an arm and leg of a person or animal | |
sight | n: the ability to see; anything that is seen | |
judge | n: a person who makes decisions in a court of law; (verb) to determine the result of or form a critical opinion of something | |
regain | v: to get something back or recover something after it has been lost or taken away | |
vital | adj: necessary for the success or continued existence of something | |
movement | n: a group of people working together to achieve a shared goal, especially a political, social, or artistic one; the process of moving or being moved, physically or figuratively | |
somatosensor | n: a type of sensory receptor in the skin, muscles, tendons, and joints that respond to touch, pressure, temperature, or pain stimuli and sends signals to the brain for processing in the somatosensory cortex | |
oversee | v: to watch and direct someone or something to make sure that it is being done correctly | |
sensation | n: a feeling associated with stimulation of a sense organ or with a specific body condition; a general feeling of interest and excitement | |
interior | n: the inside or inner part of something; the space within the walls of a building | |
temperature | n: the degree of hotness or coldness of a thing or place | |
awareness | n: the fact or state of knowing something exists and is important | |
proprioception | n: the sense of the relative position of one’s body parts and their movement, regulated by receptors in the muscles, tendons, and joints; the ability to sense where one’s body is in space without relying on vision | |
regulate | v: to control something, especially by means of rules or laws | |
dramatic | adj: very sudden, very excellent, or full of action and excitement | |
receptor | n: an organ having nerve endings that respond to stimulation such as heat or cold and makes the body react in a particular way | |
embedded | adj: fixed firmly into the surface of something | |
tendon | n: a strong, fibrous cord of tissue that connects muscle to bone | |
centimeter | n: a unit of measurement of length in the metric system, equivalent to one-hundredth of a meter | |
depth | n: the distance between the top and bottom of something; between the top surface and a distance below it | |
stimulus | n: something that causes growth or arouses action | |
mechanical | adj: operated by a machine, relating to or concerned with machinery or tools | |
deformation | n: the process of changing the physical shape or form of something, usually due to external forces or pressure | |
trigger | v: to make something happen suddenly; to cause something such as a device, machine, etc. to function | |
frequency | n: an ordered array of colors into which a light beam can be split | |
vibration | n: a continuous quick and slight shaking movement | |
stretch | v: to make or be capable of making anything longer or broader without hurting or breaking | |
static | adj: not moving or not capable of moving, not changing or not capable of changing | |
nociceptor | n: a sensory nerve ending that is capable of detecting harmful stimuli, such as heat, cold, pressure, or tissue damage, and transmitting this information to the brain | |
continually | adv: in a way that happens without interruption or repeatedly | |
detect | v: to find or recognize something, especially something difficult to see, hear, etc. | |
relay | v: to receive and pass something, such as information or a message, from one person or group to another; to broadcast something on television, radio, etc. | |
brain | n: the organ inside the head that is responsible for one’s movement, thought, memory, and feeling | |
combine | v: to join or merge to form a single thing or group | |
sensory | adj: of or relating to the physical senses | |
electrical | adj: relating to electricity | |
fiber | n: thread or filament used to make a vegetable tissue, mineral material, or textile | |
attach | v: to fasten, join, or connect one thing to another | |
vary | v: to become different in terms of size, shape, etc. | |
slightly | adv: in a small degree or extent; a little | |
conduct | v: to organize and carry out a particular activity | |
fatty | adj: containing a lot of fat | |
myelin | n: a white fatty substance that covers around nerves, helping them to send signals effectively | |
impulse | n: a sudden strong and unreflective wish or need to do something; the electrical discharge that travels along a nerve fiber | |
intense | adj: (especially of a feeling) very strong; extremely sharp or severe | |
myelinated | adj: having a layer of myelin (= a fatty substance) around nerve fibers, which serves to insulate and speed up the transmission of nerve impulses | |
responsible | adj: answerable or accountable for something within one’s power, control, or management | |
dull | adj: not interesting or exciting; not bright, vivid, or shiny; not active, brisk, or sharp | |
ache | v: to experience a dull, persistent pain or discomfort, typically of moderate or low intensity; to feel a continuous dull pain | |
tactile | adj: relating to the sense of touch; tangible or perceptible through the sense of touch | |
rub | v: to move one’s hand or an object over the surface of something with pressure | |
injury | n: harm done to a person’s or an animal’s body caused by an accident or an attack | |
temporary | adj: not lasting or be used for a very long | |
relief | n: a feeling of happiness and relaxation that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced | |
generate | v: to produce or create something; to make offspring by reproduction | |
flood | n: a large amount of water flowing beyond its normal limits; an overwhelming number or amount | |
disrupt | v: to prevent or stop something, especially an event, activity, or process, from continuing in the usual way by causing a problem or disturbance | |
dam | n: a wall constructed over a river to block the flow of water, mainly used to generate energy | |
underpin | v: to support or strengthen the foundations of something | |
manifest | v: to show something such as feeling, attitude, quality, etc. clearly through signs or actions | |
autoimmune | adj: relating to a condition in which the body’s immune system attacks and destroys healthy body tissue, mistaking it for harmful foreign substances | |
reaction | n: a response that reveals a person’s feelings or attitude; (in chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others | |
swath | n: a strip of land, especially a long, narrow one; a large amount or quantity of something | |
disorder | n: an untidy state or a lack of organization; a physical condition or illness that causes problems with how a section of the body or brain functions | |
individual | n: a single person or thing, as distinct from a group | |
sect | n: a group of people who follow a particular religious or philosophical belief system, especially one that is regarded as outside the norm or mainstream | |
locate | v: to specify or determine the exact position of someone or something | |
gauge | n: an instrument for measuring and displaying the amount, level, or contents of something; (verb) to judge tentatively or form an estimate of something | |
strength | n: the quality or state of being physically, or sometimes mentally, strong | |
warn | v: to make someone aware of potential danger or difficulty, particularly one that may occur in the future | |
thermal | adj: relating to heat or temperature; designed for or capable of producing or maintaining heat | |
react | v: to take action in response to something | |
deprive | v: to take away something from someone | |
starvation | n: a severe lack of food that leads to malnutrition and, ultimately, death | |
anxiety | n: a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something that is happening or might happen in the future | |
depression | n: a mental condition in which a person feels very unhappy and without hope for the future; a severe recession in an economy or market | |
immune | adj: protected against a particular disease or toxin due to the presence of specific antibodies or sensitized white blood cells | |
innovative | adj: introducing or using new methods, ideas, etc. | |
adapt | v: to make fit for or change to suit a new purpose or environment | |
undeniable | adj: not possible to deny; true or certain | |
invisible | adj: impossible or nearly impossible to see | |
navigate | v: to plan and direct the way that a ship, plane, etc. will travel, often by using a map |