| A | B |
|---|
| abscess | swollen, inflamed area of the body tissues. |
| aphasia | loss of the power to use or understand words, usuall caused by brain disease or injury. |
| arteriosclerosis | a thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries, as in old age. |
| benign | beneficial, not malignant. |
| biopsy | the cutting out of a piece of tissue for diagnostic examination by microscope. |
| cadaver | dead body, corpse. |
| 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. |
| mastectomy | the surgical removal of a breast. |
| prosthesis | replacement for a missing part of the body. |
| simian | of or like a monnkey or ape. |
| therapeutic | curative, serving to heal. |
| vasectomy | the surgical removal of the duct that conveys male sperm. |
