| A | B |
|---|
| Agitated | Disturbed; moving with rapid irregular motion |
| Agraphia | inability to write |
| Aphasia | without language; inability to communicate through speech or writing or possibly to interpret sounds |
| Apraxia | Inability to position, sequence and move speech muscles. |
| Biopsy | piece of tissue surgically removed for study. |
| Contracture | muscle that has tightened and immobilized a joint. |
| Defibrillation | electric shock to the heart to restore rhythm. |
| Dialysis | procedure to cleanse blood by diffusing waste elements and excess fluid through a semipermeable membrane; used when kidney function is impaired. |
| Ebolism | moving bood clot. |
| Epistaxis | Nose bleed. |
| Hyperoptic | farsightedness |
| Microbiology | lab section that studies bacteria and the substances that effectively control or kill them |
