| A | B |
|---|
| acute | having a short and sharp course |
| afebrile | not having an elevated body temperature |
| allergy | sensitivity to a substance that results in symptoms |
| ambulate | to walk about |
| anomaly | abnormality; deviation from normal |
| asepsis | cleanliness |
| atrophy | wasting of a structure |
| benign | of mild character |
| calcification | deposit of lime or calcium salt |
| catheter | tubular instrument to allow passage of air or fluid |
| chronic | marked by slow progress and long continuance |
| congenital | existing at birth |
| constriction | tightening, squeezing, contracting, or narrowing |
| contraindication | inadvisable |
| crisis | a sudden change |
| curettage | scraping the interior of a cavity |
| debris | material that does not belong in that area |
| diaphoresis | perspiration; sweating |
| dilate | to widen |
| disposition | treatment or management |
| distention | the state of being stretched or distended |
| elicit | reveal; provide |
| etiology | study of cause of disease |
| hypertrophy | increase in size of an organ |
| inflammation | tissue reaction to injury (pain, warmth, swelling, redness) |
| inury | damage; trauma |
| malignant | harmful; causing death |
| manual | pertaining to the hand |
| metastasis | spreading of disease to another body part |
| necrosis | dead tissue; not viable |
| obstrucion | blockage |
| occlusion | closed |
| paroxysm | spasm; sudden recurrence |
| postural | pertaining to position or posture |
| prognosis | the outcome |
| prophylaxis | prevention |
| prosthesis | artificial substitute for missing part |
| provisional | temporary |
| purulent | containg pus |
| quadrant | quarter of a section |
| recur | to happen again |
| regimen | program or plan |
| retention | keeping in |
| septic | not clean; contaminated |
| specimen | sample |
| stat | right now |
| stenosis | narrowing |
| sterile | free of all organisms and spores |
| suture | noun: threadlike material, stitch; verb: to stitch or sew |
| tract | pathway |
