med terms

• Abrasion: A cut or scrape that typically isn’t serious.
• Abscess: A tender, fluid-filled pocket 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: Not cancerous.
• Biopsy: A small sample of tissue that’s taken for testing.
• Chronic: Signifies a recurring, persistent condition like heart disease.
• Contusion: A bruise.
• Defibrillator: A medical device that uses electric shocks to restore normal heartbeat.
• Edema: Swelling caused by fluid accumulation.
• Embolism: An arterial blockage, often caused by a blood clot.
• Epidermis: The outer layer of the skin.
• Fracture: Broken bone or cartilage.
• Gland: An organ or tissue that produces and secretes fluids that serve a specific function
• Hypertension: High blood pressure.
• Inpatient: A patient who requires hospitalization
• Intravenous: Indicates medication or fluid that’s delivered by vein.
• Malignant: Indicates the presence of cancerous cells.
• Outpatient: A patient who receives care without being admitted to a hospital.
• Prognosis: The predicated outcome of disease progression and treatment.
• Relapse: Return of disease or symptoms after a patient has recovered.
• Sutures: Stitches, which are used to join tissues together as they heal.
• Transplant: The removal of an organ or tissue from one body that is implanted into another.
• Vaccine: A substance that stimulates antibody production to provide immunity against disease.
• Zoonotic disease: A disease that is transmissible from animals to humans.
• A-, an-: Lack of or without.
• -ation: Indicates a process.
• Dys-: Abnormal, difficult, or painful.
• -ectomy: Surgical removal of something.
• -ismus: Indicates a spasm or contraction.
• -itis: Signifies inflammation.
• -lysis: Decomposition, destruction, or breaking down.
• Macro-: Large in size.
• Melan/o-: Black or dark in color.
• Micro-: Small in size.
• -ology: The study of a particular concentration
• -osis: Indicates something that is abnormal.
• -otomy: To cut into.
• -pathy: Disease or disease process.
• -plasty: Surgical repair.
• Poly-: Many.