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• 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
• 1. , 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
• Pseudo-


  False or deceptive, usually in regard to appearance