Thursday, September 5, 2013

Vocabulary: Fall List #2

TObesity: the condition of being grossly fat or overweight. 
Accumulate: gather together or acquire an increasing number.  
Mass: a coherent, typically large body of matter with no definite shape. 
Disease: a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal or plant. 
Diet: a special course of food to which one restricts oneself.
Prevalence: the condition of being prevalent; commonness. 
Stigma: a mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance. 
Preventable: capable of being prevented. 
Adolescent: in the process of developing from a child to an adult. 
Cardiovascular: of or relating to the heart and the blood vessels. 
Excessive: more than is necessary. 
Mechanism: a system of parts working together. 
Sedentary: tending to spend to much time seated. 
Predipose: make someone liable to a certain attitude. 
Syndrome: a group of symptoms that consistently occur together. 

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