terminology 3

• • ectomy


  Excision / surgical removal
• Mastectomy


  Surgical removal of breast tissue
• Gingivectomy


  Partial or complete removal of the gingiva (gums)
• Glossectomy


  Surgical removal (partial or total) of the tongue
• Strep throat


  An infection caused by streptococcal bacteria, mainly affecting the throat
• Strep throat


  Can lead to rheumatic fever, a condition which can affect the heart, the lungs, the joints, sometimes causing damage to the latter's tissues
• Atheroma


  Deposit and collection of cholesterol and fat as well as calcium salts in the lumen of a blood vessel
• Atherosclerosis


  Stiffening and thickening of blood vessels, making them narrower
• Arteriosclerosis


  Broader term which expresses the thickening and stiffening of blood vessels
• Endocardium


  The tissue investing the inside of the heart
• Myocardium


  The muscular tissue of the heart
• Pericardium


  The tissue surrounding the heart
• Acute


  Very intense or severe
• Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)


  • Intense or severe signs and symptoms
• Fatal


  Potentially leading to death
• Terminal illness


  The last stages of a disease before a patient's demise (death)
• Terminal stage kidney disease (TSKD) / End Stage Kidney [Adj. renal] Disease (ESKD / ESRD)

  The stage at which the kidney stops responding to treatment (dialysis or medications, such as Lasix) and kidney cells undergo necrosis (death)
• Apoptosis


  Normal or programmed cellular death
• Necrosis


  A state of cellular or tissue death, which is pathological
• Necropsy


  Examination of a corpse or dead body in order to determine the cause of death
• Necromania


  Irrational appeal / attraction for everything related to death
• Necrophilia


  Pathological sexual attraction to dead bodies whereby a person can derive sexual pleasure from having sex (or any kind of sexual activity) with a dead body
• Autopsy


  Examination of a corpse in order to determine the cause of death
• Biopsy


  Examination of a living tissue in order to determine the pathology a person suffers from
• Infection


  Contamination of a body with a pathogen (usually a microscopic one, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, etc.)
• Hypertension


  High blood pressure
• Hypotension


  Low blood pressure
• Angina pectoris


  Chest pain, usually symptomatic of heart failure
• The lungs are clear: the airways are not blocked
• Electrocardiogram


  A tracing or a record of the heart's electrical activity
• Chest roentgenography


  Chest X-ray, chest radiographs
• Vasculature


  Group of blood vessels that irrigate an organ or group of tissues
• Heart's vasculature


  All the blood vessels that irrigate the heart
• Pericarditis


  Inflammation of the pericardium
• Relieve pain


  Alleviate it, reduce its intensity, soothe, calm down, ease
• Arrhythmia


  Absence of a regular heartbeat
• Fibrillation


  A type of cardiac arrhythmia, in which the heartbeats are irregular and fast
• Atrial fibrillation


  Fibrillation happening at the level of the atria
• Ventricular fibrillation


  More dangerous than atrial fibrillation since the ventricles are responsible for pumping blood in a regular manner to the whole body
• Systematic


  Absolute, comprehensive, all encompassing