simple

A simple is a medicine that is prepared only from one plant.


simple

simple (canonical)
simples (third-person singular)
simpled (past)
simpled (past participle)
simpling (present participle)

When you simple things (especially herbs), you are trying to gather simples.


indicate

indicate (canonical)
indicates (third-person singular)
indicated (past)
indicated (past participle)
indicating (present participle)

If a symptom indicates something, it points out a remedy that would help to cure that symptom.


patient

A patient is a person or animal under medical care.

Emergency room doctors treated over 200 patients today.

Patients with various illnesses were put on the diet.


needle

A needle is a long, thing, sharp metal thing for putting drugs into a person through the skin.

The doctor used the needle to inject the medicine into the patient.


abstract

An abstract is a powdered solid extract of a vegetable that is then mixed with the sugar of milk.


erosion

An erosion is a shallow lesion that is usually found on the skin or in tissue of the epithelium.


crown

crown (canonical)
crowns (third-person singular)
crowned (past)
crowned (past participle)
crowning (present participle)

During birth, when the baby's head is seen in the mother's vaginal opening.

The mother was in the second stage of labor and the baby had just crowned, so the midwives encouraged her.


peripheral

peripheral (positive)
more peripheral (comparative)
most peripheral (superlative)

If something is peripheral, it is found on the peripheral nervous system.


larynx

larynx (singular)
larynges or larynxes (plural)

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The larynx is a part of your body that is inside your throat.

Your larynx makes your voice and keeps food out of your lungs.


soporific

soporific (singular)
soporifics (plural)


psychiatrist

psychiatrist (singular)
psychiatrists (plural)

A psychiatrist is a doctor who helps people whose minds are sick.

She went to a psychiatrist to try to learn to think about her life in a more normal way.


stroke

A stroke is when blood stops coming into your brain.

I had a stroke after running so hard.


inspiration

inspiration (singular)
inspirations (plural)


inspire

inspire (canonical)
inspires (third-person singular)
inspired (past)
inspired (past participle)
inspiring (present participle)

When you inspire you breath in. That is, you take air into your lungs.


occult

occult (positive)
more occult (comparative)
most occult (superlative)

If something is occult it is hidden or secret—or it is about hidden or secret things.

An occult problem is one that you cannot see without special tools (like x-rays)

The baby had an occult cleft palate.


prescription

prescription (singular)
prescriptions (plural)

A written order, as by a physician, to tell which medicine to take and how many doses of it is needed.

I got a prescription from my ear doctor for my medicine.


tablet

A tablet is a small, hard medicine or vitamin that you take by mouth.

Take only one 600-milligram tablet of calcium a day.


filling

A filling is what dentists fill cavities in with.


cancer

Cancer is a disease where cells grow to a tumor.

Smoking is the main cause of lung cancer.


affection

affection (singular)
affections (plural)

An affection is a disease or malady of the body.


leukemia

Leukemia is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow where you have too many blood cells (usually white blood cells).

A leukemia is any certain kind or type of cancer that affects the tissue that makes blood.


irritate

irritate (canonical)
irritates (third-person singular)
irritated (past)
irritated (past participle)
irritating (present participle)

The act of causing swelling, itching, redness or pain to the body.

A bite from an insect is likely to irritate you.


remedy

A remedy is a treatment, medicine, or application that cures a sickness or disease.

Antivenom is the remedy for a snake bite.


bump

A bump is a small lump or swelling on the skin or anywhere else on your body.

I rubbed the small bump on my nose, and wondered if it was going to get any bigger.


casualty

The casualty department of a hospital is where people who have been hurt are first taken for medical treatment.

Casualty was crowded with injured people after the accident.


surgery

/ˈsɜːd͡ʒəri/

Surgery is a way of removing, repairing or replacing a part of a body that involves incisions.

After the doctor performed surgery, John was able to walk again.


clinic

A clinic is a place to see the doctor for health checkups or to buy medicine.

He felt ill yesterday, so he had to visit the clinic to buy some medicine.


dose

A dose is a measured amount of medicine that is taken at one time.

Eat a dose of one spoonful of this cough medicine after every meal.


vaccine

A vaccine is a liquid substance that is given to a person so that they don't get a certain disease or illness, usually through an injection or through the mouth.

Vaccines have eliminated many diseases from the world, like smallpox.


recipient

recipient (singular)
recipients (plural)

A recipient is person receiving donor organs or tissues.

She was the recipient of a new heart after a long operation.


gown

A gown is a protective item worn by doctors during operations.

The doctor put on his gown before going into the operating theatre.


pathology

pathology (singular)
pathologies (plural)

/pəˈθɒlədʒi/

The branch of medicine concerned with the study of the nature of disease and its causes, processes, development, and consequences.


disorder

A physical or psychical dysfunction and, or, malfunction.

Bulimia is an eating disorder.


discharge

discharge (singular)
discharges (plural)

/ˈdɪstʃɑːdʒ/

A discharge is a substance (other than blood) coming from a wound or part of your body, usually because of infection.

There was a discharge coming from the wound.


abiotrophy

abiotrophy (singular)
abiotrophies (plural)

Abiotrophy is a decrease in the quality of human body cells that is caused by an unknown injury.


sterile

sterile (positive)
more sterile (comparative)
most sterile (superlative)

If something is sterile it has no living things, especially bacteria.

Please use a sterile bandage to cover your wound.


pedal

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A pedal is a foot or a foot-like part of the body.


sober

sober (positive)
soberer (comparative)
soberest (superlative)

in a medical context, they are called sober if they have not eaten or drunk anything for some time.


toxicology

toxicology (singular)
toxicologies (plural)

Toxicology is the study of how poisons affect people's organisms.


bowels

The plural form of bowel; more than one (kind of) bowel.


kinesiology

/ˌkɪnɪˌsiˈɑləʤi/

Kinesiology is the medical science of how our body (or a body of an animal) moves mechanically.


probe

Probe is a medical instrument which is used to explore organs, wounds and cavities.


bowel

The bowel is an internal organ which helps an organism digest food.


prescribe

prescribe (canonical)
prescribes (third-person singular)
prescribed (past)
prescribed (past participle)
prescribing (present participle)

If a doctor prescribes you a medicine or treatment, they tell you what medicine or treatment to use.

The doctor will prescribe me some tablets.


stethoscope

stethoscope (singular)
stethoscopes (plural)

A stethoscope is a tool that doctors and nurses use to listen to sounds inside the body.

The doctor checked the patient's abdomen with a stethoscope.


vector

A vector is an animal or insect that carries and spreads a disease.

Other forms of this disease used different insect vectors.


administer

administer (canonical)
administers (third-person singular)
administered (past)
administered (past participle)
administering (present participle)

If a medical person administers drugs they put the drugs into the person or animal.

Sometimes, nurses administer the drug to the wrong patient.


stool

Stool samples revealed that the animals had eaten an abnormal amount of plastic.


stool

stool (canonical)
stools (third-person singular)
stooled (past)
stooled (past participle)
stooling (present participle)

If a person or thing stools, it releases feces.

It is common for babies to stool frequently during feeding.


transplant

transplant (singular)
transplants (plural)

A transplant is a type of surgery in which an organ or a tissue is moved from one body to another, or one part of the body to another.

The patient received a successful heart transplant yesterday.


ventilate

ventilate (canonical)
ventilates (third-person singular)
ventilated (past)
ventilated (past participle)
ventilating (present participle)

If you are asked to ventilate a person, it means that you have to provide manual or mechanical breathing to them.

The doctor used a ventilator to ventilate the patient as his blood has low oxygen levels.


bloodbank

bloodbank (singular)
bloodbanks (plural)

A bloodbank is a place where blood or plasma for use in transfusions are stored.


blood bank

blood bank (singular)
blood banks (plural)

A blood bank is a place where blood or plasma for use in transfusions are stored.


murmur

A murmur is the sound made by any condition which produces noisy flow of blood through the heart.


transfusion

transfusion (singular)
transfusions (plural)

Transfusion is the transfer of blood or its contents from one person to another.


dermatology

dermatology (singular)
dermatologies (plural)

/ˌdɜːməˈtɒlədʒi/

Dermatology is the study of the skin and its diseases


oncologist

oncologist (singular)
oncologists (plural)

/ɒŋˈkɒlədʒɪst/

An oncologist is a doctor or scientist who studies oncology.


cardiologist

cardiologist (singular)
cardiologists (plural)

A cardiologist is a doctor who specializes in medical problems related to the heart.


cardiology

cardiology (singular)
cardiologies (plural)

Cardiology is the study of the structure, functions, and disorders of the heart.


oncology

/ɒŋˈkɒlədʒi/

Oncology is the study of the development, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of tumors.


diagnosis

/daɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs/

A diagnosis is the naming of your disease, injury, or other problem, usually by a doctor.

It took a long time, but she finally got a diagnosis of depression.

Diagnosis is the doctor's process of identifying an medical problem.

The doctor's diagnosis was complicated by a number of other problems.


fracture

A fracture is a break in bone or cartilage.


vesicatory

vesicatory (singular)
vesicatories (plural)

/ˈvɛs ɪ kəˌtɔr i/

A vesicatory is a chemical agent that causes blistering, especially mustard gas.


delirium

delirium (singular)
deliriums or deliria (plural)

Delirium is a temporary mental state with where the person loses parts or all of their ability to focus attention.


diagnose

diagnose (canonical)
diagnoses (third-person singular)
diagnosed (past)
diagnosed (past participle)
diagnosing (present participle)

/daɪəɡˈnəʊz/

If a doctor diagnose someone, they determine which disease is causing a sick person's signs and symptoms.


pandemic

pandemic (positive)
more pandemic (comparative)
most pandemic (superlative)

If something is pandemic, it is spread over a wide geographical area and affecting a large proportion of the population.


vaccinate

vaccinate (canonical)
vaccinates (third-person singular)
vaccinated (past)
vaccinated (past participle)
vaccinating (present participle)

If someone is vaccinated, they are given a vaccine to stop them from getting a disease or illness.

Doctors usually recommend that people are vaccinated against the flu every year.

Children are typically vaccinated against certain diseases regularly.


anesthesia

anesthesia (singular)
anesthesias (plural)

/ˌæn.əsˈθi.ʒə/

Anesthesia is an artificial method of making a person insensitive to pain.


anaesthesia

anaesthesia (singular)
anaesthesias (plural)

/ˌæn.əsˈθi.ʒə/

Anaesthesia is an artificial method of making a person insensitive to pain.


palliative

palliative (singular)
palliatives (plural)

A palliative is something that is able to eases the symptoms of a disease.


organic

organic (positive)
more organic (comparative)
most organic (superlative)

If something is organic, it is related to an organ of a living organism.


dentistry

Dentistry is the field of medicine that studies, diagnoses and treats the teeth and gums.


immunology

Immunology is the branch of medicine that studies the body's immune system.


inhaler

An inhaler is a device that contains medicine for a patient to breathe in so as to relieve asthma and other respiratory diseases.


prosthetic

prosthetic (singular)
prosthetics (plural)

A prosthetic is an artificial body part.


prosthesis

prosthesis (singular)
prostheses (plural)

A prosthesis is an artificial body part.


dislocate

dislocate (canonical)
dislocates (third-person singular)
dislocated (past)
dislocated (past participle)
dislocating (present participle)

If you dislocate a bone, you accidentally move it out from its joint.


polyp

A polyp is an abnormal growth that protrudes from a membrane that secretes mucus.


hysteria

Hysteria is a problem in the mind making the person excitable with no natural cause.

Ray was diagnosed with hysteria.


catheter

A catheter is a small tube that is inserted into the body so as to administer a drug or remove fluid.


defibrillator

defibrillator (singular)
defibrillators (plural)

A defibrillator is an electronic device that delivers a controlled electric shock to the heart to correct its fibrillation.


sphygmomanometer

sphygmomanometer (singular)
sphygmomanometers (plural)

/ˌsfɪɡməʊməˈnɒmɪtə/

A sphygmomanometer is a device used to measure blood pressure.


fibrillate

fibrillate (canonical)
fibrillates (third-person singular)
fibrillated (past)
fibrillated (past participle)
fibrillating (present participle)

If a heart fibrillates, it makes quick and irregular movements.


defibrillate

defibrillate (canonical)
defibrillates (third-person singular)
defibrillated (past)
defibrillated (past participle)
defibrillating (present participle)

If you defibrillate a person's heart, you stop the fibrillation of the heart by the use of an electric shock so as to restore the normal rhythm.


injection

injection (singular)
injections (plural)

An injection is an instance of getting medicine into the blood of a person or animal.


dosage

The dosage of an injection is the amount of medicine in that dose.


leukaemia

leukaemia (singular)
leukaemias (plural)

Leukaemia is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow where you have too many blood cells (usually white blood cells).

A leukaemia is any certain kind or type of cancer that affects the tissue that makes blood.


vasectomy

vasectomy (singular)
vasectomies (plural)

Vasectomy is a male sterilization surgery that involves snipping the vas deferens.


sterilisation

sterilisation (singular)
sterilisations (plural)

sterile + -isation or sterilise + -ation

Sterilisation is a procedure to prevent an organism from reproducing permanently.


miscarriage

miscarriage (singular)
miscarriages (plural)

Miscarriage is when a foetus dies before it can survive by itself.


ophthalmology

ophthalmology (singular)
ophthalmologies (plural)

Ophthalmology is the anatomy, pathology, and treatment of the eye.


treatable

treatable (positive)
more treatable (comparative)
most treatable (superlative)

If a disease or injury is treatable, it can be treated or healed.


sterilization

sterilization (singular)
sterilizations (plural)

sterile + -ization or sterilize + -ation

Sterilization is a procedure to prevent an organism from reproducing permanently.


cardiac

Something that is cardiac is related to the heart.

Cardiac arrest


mastectomy

mastectomy (singular)
mastectomies (plural)

Mastectomy is the surgical procedure of removing all or part of a breast.


mammectomy

mammectomy (singular)
mammectomies (plural)

Mammectomy is the surgical procedure of removing all or part of a breast.


oxygenate

oxygenate (canonical)
oxygenates (third-person singular)
oxygenated (past)
oxygenated (past participle)
oxygenating (present participle)

If you oxygenate a patient, you give them oxygen therapy.


traction

If traction is applied to to a broken bone, such as a leg bone, the end is pulled.


intubate

intubate (canonical)
intubates (third-person singular)
intubated (past)
intubated (past participle)
intubating (present participle)

If you intubate a patient, you insert a tube into them.


implant

An implant is something that is implanted into a person's body, usually referring to breast implants.


implant

implant (canonical)
implants (third-person singular)
implanted (past)
implanted (past participle)
implanting (present participle)

If you implant something, you insert it into the body via a surgery.


hepatitis

hepatitis (singular)
hepatitides or hepatitises (plural)

Hepatitis is the inflammation of the liver. It is usually caused by a viral infection.

Hepatitis may cause liver failure if it is left untreated.


comedo

comedo (singular)
comedos or comedones (plural)

A comedo is a clogged hair follicle (pore) such as a blackhead or whitehead.


urology

Urology is the branch of medicine that treats disorders of the urinary system.


pharmacology

Pharmacology is the science of drugs including their origin, composition, uses, effects, and toxicology.


radiology

Radiology is the specialty of medical imaging (x-rays) and its interpretation for the diagnosis and treatment of disease.


endoscope

endoscope (singular)
endoscopes (plural)

An endoscope is an instrument used to examine the insides of a human organ.


tracheotomy

tracheotomy (singular)
tracheotomies (plural)

Tracheotomy is a surgical procedure where an incision is made into the trachea, through the neck, and a tube inserted in order to assist breathing.


tracheostomy

tracheostomy (singular)
tracheostomies (plural)

Tracheostomy is a surgical procedure where an incision is made into the trachea, through the neck, and a tube inserted in order to assist breathing.


percussion

percussion (singular)
percussions (plural)

Percussion is the tapping of the patient's body so as to aid in a medical diagnosis.


haemophiliac

haemophiliac (singular)
haemophiliacs (plural)

A haemophiliac is a person with haemophilia.


hemophiliac

hemophiliac (singular)
hemophiliacs (plural)

A hemophiliac is a person with hemophilia.


relapse

relapse (canonical)
relapses (third-person singular)
relapsed (past)
relapsed (past participle)
relapsing (present participle)

If a medical condition relapses, it recurr or worsens after a period of improvement.


sonogram

/ˈsəʊ.nəˌɡræm/

/ˈsɑnəˌɡræm/

A sonogram is a medical image produced by ultrasound echo.


diagnostic

If something is diagnostic, it has the characteristic of a particular disease.


precondition

precondition (singular)
preconditions (plural)

A precondition is a medical illness that exists before an insurance policy takes effect.


precondition

precondition (canonical)
preconditions (third-person singular)
preconditioned (past)
preconditioned (past participle)
preconditioning (present participle)

If you precondition something, you condition it in advance.


ultrasound

ultrasound (singular)
ultrasounds (plural)

Ultrasound is the use of ultrasonic waves for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.


gynecology

/ˌɡʌɪnəˈkɒlədʒi/

Gynecology is the of the medical problems of women, especially disorders of the reproductive organs.


eczema

eczema (singular)
eczemas or eczemata (plural)

biology}} (medicine) Eczema is the inflammation of the skin that makes the skin dry with a red or pink color to it.


gynaecology

/ˌɡʌɪnəˈkɒlədʒi/

Gynaecology is the of the medical problems of women, especially disorders of the reproductive organs.


abirritate

abirritate (canonical)
abirritates (third-person singular)
abirritated (past)
abirritated (past participle)
abirritating (present participle)

If you abirritate a wound, you soothe it.


prophylactic

prophylactic (singular)
prophylactics (plural)

A prophylactic is a medicine which preserves or defends against disease.


dysfunction

dysfunction (singular)
dysfunctions (plural)

A dysfunction is the failure to function in an expected or complete manner.

erectile dysfunction


liposuction

liposuction (singular)
liposuctions (plural)

Liposuction is a cosmetic surgery procedure that removes excess fat from a specific area by suction.


mammogram

mammogram (singular)
mammograms (plural)

A mammogram is an X-ray picture of the breasts.


first aid

First aid is the basic medical care given to an injured person.


chemotherapy

chemotherapy (singular)
chemotherapies (plural)

/ˌkiːməʊˈθɛrəpi/

Chemotherapy is the chemical treatment intended to be kill the cancerous cells in a patient.


receptor

A receptor is a protein on a cell wall that responds to sensory stimuli such as light or, heat.


dialysis

Dialysis is the use of this method for removal of waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure.


catatonia

Catatonia is a psychiatric condition where the person has the tendency to remain rigid for long periods and may occasionally be in a state of extreme agitation.


catatonic

catatonic (positive)
more catatonic (comparative)
most catatonic (superlative)

If a person is catatonic, they are suffering from catatonia.


catatonic

catatonic (singular)
catatonics (plural)

A catatonic is a person who is in a state of catatonia.


chiropractic

Chiropractic is a type of health care that involves the manipulation of misaligned joints.


ailment

An ailment is something which an illness.


esophagogastroduodenoscopy

esophagogastroduodenoscopy (singular)
esophagogastroduodenoscopies (plural)

The use of a medical tool to look at the inside of the body in the upper stomach.


oesophagogastroduodenoscopy

oesophagogastroduodenoscopy (singular)
oesophagogastroduodenoscopies (plural)


transfuse

transfuse (canonical)
transfuses (third-person singular)
transfused (past)
transfused (past participle)
transfusing (present participle)

If you transfuse blood, you transfer it from one person to another.


topical

topical (positive)
more topical (comparative)
most topical (superlative)

A topical medicine is put on a part of the body.

The doctor prescribed a topical cream for the rash.

The medication is topical, not oral.