| A | B |
| activate (v) | Cause something to start working |
| allergy (n) | Physical reaction to environmental elements or certain foods |
| carrier (n) | Person / animal with the disease in their blood |
| chill (n) | Mild illness causing fever and headache |
| civil (adj) | Relating to citizens (who are not in the army) |
| compromise (v) | To impair by disease or injury |
| deterioration (abs n) | Becoming worse |
| diagnose [with] (v) | Identify an illness or disease |
| dignity (abs n) | Behaving with respect and courtesy |
| disruption (n) | Stopping or interrupting something (negative) |
| droplet (n) | Very small drop of liquid |
| enhance (v) | To improve value, quality |
| exposure (abs n) | Coming into contact with something |
| hemisphere (n) | One half of a globe or the world |
| inhibit (v) | Reduce something’s ability to work, or grow, properly |
| laboratory (n) | A building where scientific experiments are done |
| moisture (n) | Tiny drops of water |
| -mortality (adj) | Referring to death |
| muscular (adj) | Referring to muscles |
| oxygen (n) | Gas; we need it to live, the air |
| patient (n) | Sick or injured person. |
| privacy (abs n) | Someone’s personal life; freedom from being watched |
| progressive (adj) | Gradual change over time |
| respiratory (adj) | Related to breathing |
| steroid (n) | Medicine/drug that copies the body’s responses |
| subsequently (adv) | What happens next |
| species (pl n) | Referring to a class of animals |
| suffer [from] (v) | Have something bad happen, especially a disease |
| temperature (abs n) | How hot or cold something is |
| unwittingly (adv) | Without realising, do something without knowing you did it |
| -vaccine (n) | Medicine given to prevent a disease |
| vapour (n) | Tiny drops of water in the air |
| visible (adj) | Can be seen |