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Glossary of Terms
Health A-Z

ABDOMEN

ABORTION

ABRASION

ABSCESS

ABSORPTION

ABSTINENCE

ACCLIMATION

ACHILLES TENDON

ACIDOSIS

ACNE

ACOUSTIC

ACROMEGALY

ACTINIC KERATOSIS

ACUPUNCTURE

ACUTE

ACUTE CARE

ADDICTION

ADDISON’S DISEASE

ADENITIS

ADENOIDS

ADENOMA

ADENOVIRUS

ADH

ADHESION

ADIPOSE TISSUE

ADRENAL GLANDS

ADRENALINE

AEROBIC

AFTERBIRTH

AIDS

AIRWAY

ALBINISM

ALBINO

ALBUMIN

ALDOSTERONISM

ALIMENTARY

ALLERGEN

ALLERGY

ALOPECIA

ALPHA1-ANTITRYPSIN DEFICIENCY

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

ALTITUDE SICKNESS

ALVEOLI

AMBLYOPIA

AMBULATORY

AMBULATORY CARE

AMENORRHEA

AMNESIA

AMNION

AMPUTATION

ANAEROBIC EXERCISE

ANAPHYLAXIS

ANDROGEN

ANEMIA

ANESTHESIA

ANESTHETIC

ANESTHETIST

ANEURYSM

ANGINA PECTORIS

ANGIOMA

ANHIDROSIS

ANKYLOSIS

ANOMALY

ANORCHISM

ANOREXIA NERVOSA

ANOSMIA

ANTEPARTUM

ANTIBODY

ANTIDOTE

ANTIGEN

ANTISERUM

ANUS

ANXIETY

AORTA

APATHY

APGAR SCORE

APHAGIA

APHASIA

APHTHOUS ULCERS

APNEA

APPENDECTOMY

APPENDIX

AREOLA

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS

ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION

ARTERY

ARTHRALGIA

ARTHRITIS

ASCITES

ASCORBIC ACID

ASSISTED LIVING

ASTHMA

ASTIGMATISM

ATELECTASIS

ATHEROSCLEROSIS

ATHLETE’S FOOT

ATOPY

ATRIA

ATROPHY

AURA

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE

AUTOTRANSFUSION

AXILLA

BACTEREMIA

BACTERIA

BACTERIURIA

BAKER’S CYST

BALLISM

BARIUM

BAROTRAUMA

BARTHOLIN CYST

BCG (BACILLE CALMETTE-GU’RIN) VACCINE

BEDSORE

BELL’S PALSY

BENDS

BENIGN

BENIGN FAMILIAL TREMOR

BERIBERI

BICEPS

BICUSPID