Medical words

• Abrasion is a minor cut or scrape
• Abscess is a tender, fluid-filled pocked that forms in tissue, usually due to infection
• Acute signifies a condition that begins abruptly and is sometimes severe, but the duration is short
• Benign is non cancerous
• Biopsy is a small sample of tissue that is taken for testing
• Chronic signifies a recurring, persistent condition like heart disease
• Contusion is another word for a bruise
• Defibrillator is a medical device that uses electric shocks to restore normal heartbeat
• Edema is swelling caused by fluid accumulation
• Embolism is an arterial blockage, often caused by a blood clot
• Epidermis is the outer layer of the skin
• Fracture is either a broken bone or cartilage
• A gland is an organ or tissue that produces and secretes fluids that serve a specific function
• Hypertension is high blood pressure
• Inpatient is a patient who requires hospitalization
• Intravenous indicates medication or fluid that's delivered by vein
• Malignant indicates the presence of cancerous cells
• Outpatient is a patient who receives care without being admitted to a hospital
• Prognosis is the predicated outcome of disease progression and treatment
• Relapse is the return of a disease or symptom after a patient has recovered
• Sutures are another word for stitches, which are used to join tissues together as they heal
• Transplant is the removal of an organ or tissue from one body that is implanted into another
• Vaccine is a substance that stimulates antibody production to provide immunity against disease
• Zoonotic disease is a disease that is transmissible from animals to humans
• A-, or an- is the prefix for lack of or without
• -ation is the suffix that indicates a process
• Dys- is the prefix meaning abnormal, difficult, or painful
• -ectomy is the suffix meaning the surgical removal of something
• -ismus is the suffix that indicates a spasm or contraction
• -itis is the suffix that signifies inflammation
• -lysis is the suffix meaning decomposition, destruction, or breaking down
• Macro- is the prefix meaning large in size
• Melan/o- is the prefix meaning black or dark in color
• Micro- is the prefix meaning small in size
• -ology is the suffix meaning the study of a particular concentration
• -osis is the suffix indicating something is abnormal
• -otomy is the suffix to cut into
• -pathy is the suffix meaning a disease or disease process
• -plasty is the suffix for surgical repair
• Poly- is the prefix meaning many