Vocabulary list of January theme
Words
Definitions
Death Zone
HACE
High Altitude Cerebral Edema
HAPE
High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
brain / cerebral
lung / pulmonary
summit
peak
dim
sweep
to cough
excruciating
to ascend
“the roof of the world”
to climb / climber
to heed
to die / death
to usher
a weather window
storm
uppermost
shank
cornice
hypoxemia
hypoxia
“a straight, narrow part between other parts” collinsdictionary.com
“An overhanging mass of hardened snow at the
edge of a mountain precipice. ” - Oxford Language
“refers to low oxygen levels in the blood” - www.healthline.com
“refers to low level of oxygen in the tissues of the body”
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