The removal of a small piece of living tissue for examination to confirm or establish a diagnosis, estimate prognosis, or follow the the course of a disease
Biopsy
100
A hypersensitive reaction to common substances
Allergy
100
A natural or synthetic substance that destroys microorganisms or inhibits their growth; used extensively to treat infectious diseases in plants, animals, and humans
Antibiotics
100
An arm or leg
Extremity
200
Pertaining to a process in which a group of cells secrets a substance that has a specific effect on the tissues in another part of the body
Endocrine
200
A blockage in a canal, vessel, or passage of the body; the state of being closed
Occlusion
200
Come before in order or position
Precede
200
A written direction or order for dispensing and administering drugs
Prescription
200
A stitch made with a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living of the living body
Suture
300
Listening for sounds within the body, especially from the chest, neck, or abdomen
Auscultation
300
The thickening of liquid into a gel or solid
Coagulation
300
Inflammation of the membrane covering the surface of the eye
Conjunctivitis
300
An abnormal condition of elevated pressure within an eye
Glaucoma
300
The quality of being in susceptible to or unaffected by a particular disease or condition
Immunity
400
Physician who specializes in the study of the eye
Ophthalmologist
400
Relapse; return to a previous condition or habit
Recurrence
400
An instrument for indirect measurement of blood pressure
Sphygmomanometer
400
A chronic liver disease characterized pathologically by liver scarring with loss of normal hepatic architecture and areas of ineffective regeneration
Cirrhosis
400
A foreign object that circulates in the bloodstream until it becomes lodged in a vessel
Embolus
500
A disorder characterized by abnormal loss of bone density and deterioration of bone tissues
Osteoporosis
500
Relating to, characterized by, resulting from the interaction of the mind and the body
Psychosomatic
500
The upper part of the trunk or cage of bone and cartilage containing the principal organs of respiration and circulation and covering the part of the abdominal organs
Thorax
500
A branch of health care that is concerned with the prevention and correction of disorders of the musculoskeletal system of the body
Orthopedist
500
Localized abnormal dilations of a blood vessel, usually an artery; due to congenital defect or weakness in the wall of the vessel