Medical Terminology

Important diseases and Afflictions

1. Ague : malaria
2. Ailment : physical disorder or chronic disease
3. Apoplexy: plague
4. Botulism : food poisoning
5. Epilepsy : brain disorders that causes sudden attacks
6. Rheumatism: any disorder that causes pain in muscles and joints
7. Alopecia : progressive hair loss in men, baldness
8. Amnesia : total or partial memory loss
9. Anemia: reduced hemoglobin in blood
10. Anorexia : pathological fear of obesity during adolescence
11. Delirium: acute mental disorder
12. Gangrene: decay and death of body tissue
13. Narcolepsy: extreme tendency to fall asleep in the daytime or during monotonous activities
14. Toxemia: blood poisoning caused due to toxins
15. Vertigo : dizziness

Defects and disabilities

1. Albinism: inherited deficiency of pigment in skin, hair and eyes
2. Amputation : loss or removal of  a  limb
3. Aphasia : speech and language comprehension disorder
4. Clubfoot : birth defect in which foot is twisted
5. Debility : physical weakness or feebleness
6. Dementia : chronic mental disorder
7. Dyslexia : developmental disorder that hinders the ability to learn to read an write

Injuries and accidents

1. Abrasion : wearing away of surface of skin
2. Bruise: skin discoloration caused due to escape of blood

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