- Anti-inflammatory: Reduces swelling, pain, and soreness (such as ibuprofen or naproxen)
- Body Mass Index (BMI): Body fat measurement based on height and weight
- Anaemia: Deficiency of haemoglobin in blood
- Analgesic: Medicine which alleviates pain
- Arthralgia: Pain in a joint
- Biopsy: A tissue sample for testing purposes
- Cephalalgia: Headache
- Nephralgia: Pain in the kidney
- Neuralgia: Nerve Pain
- Myalgia: Muscle pain
- Otalgia: Earache
- Gastralgia: Pain in stomach
- Hypotension: Low blood pressure
- Hypertension: High blood pressure
- Lesion: Wound, sore, or cut
- Non-invasive: Doesn’t require entering the body with instruments; usually simple
- Outpatient: Check in and check out the same day
- Inpatient: Plan to stay overnight for one or more days
- In remission: Disease is not getting worse; not to be confused with being cured
- Membrane: Thin layer of pliable tissue that serves as a covering or lining or connection between two structures
- Acute: Sudden but usually short (e.g., acute illness)
- Chronic : Slow onset of illness
- Angina: Pain in the chest related to the heart that comes and goes
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD): Heartburn
- Benign: Not cancerous
- Malignant: Cancerous
- Cellulitis: Inflamed or infected tissue beneath the skin
- Epidermis: Outermost layer of skin
- Neutrophils: Most common type of white blood cell
- Oedema: Swelling
- Embolism: Blood clot
- Sutures: Stitches
- Polyp: Mass or growth of thin tissue
- Compound fracture: Broken bone that protrudes through the skin
- Pyoderma: Skin infection with pus formation
- Leucoderma: Defective skin pigmentation
- Hysterodynia: Pain in the uterus
- Hysterectomy: Excision of uterus
- Nephrectomy: Excision of kidney
- Adenectomy: Excision of a gland
- Cholecystectomy: Excision of gall bladder
- Thyroidectomy: Excision of thyroid gland
- Bronchitis: Inflammation of bronchi
- Osteomalacia: Softening of bones through deficiency of Vitamin D and Calcium
- Haematuria: Blood in Urine
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