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Medical Science......
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| abscess: swollen, inflamed area of body tissues. | |
| aphasia: loss of the power ot use or understand words, usulaly caused by brian disease or injury. |
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| arteriosclerosis: a thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries, as in old age. | |
| 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. | |
| mastectomy: the surgical removal of a breast. | |
| prosthesis: replacement for a missing part of the body. | |
| simian: of or like a monkey or an ape. | |
| therapeutic: curative; serving ot heal. | |
| tumescence: swelling. | |
| vasectomy: the surgical removal of the duct which sonveys the male sperm--the vas deferens. |
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