| A | B |
|---|
| abscess | swollen, inflamed area of body tissues. |
| aphasia | loss of the power to use or understand words. |
| arteriosclerosis | a thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries. |
| benign | beneficial; not malignant. |
| biopsy | the cutting out of a piece of tissue for diagnostic examination by microscope. |
| cadaver | dead body; corpse for dissection. |
| carcinogen | any substance that causes cancer. |
| comatose | as if in a coma; lethargic |
| etiology | the science of the causes and origins of disease. |
| malingerer | one who fakes illness and pretends to be suffering. |
| masectomy | the surgical removal of a breast |
| prosthesis | replacement for a missing part of the body. |
| simian | of or like a monkey or an ape. |
| theraputic | curative; serving to heal. |
| vasectomy | the surgical removal of the duct that coveys the male sperm. |
