Medical Terminology

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Acondroplasia

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Short Stature - Dwarfism

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Adenoma

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A benign tumour

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AIDS

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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

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Alopecia

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Loss of Hair

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Alzheimer's Disease

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Progressive form of dementia

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Aneurysm

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Swelling in the wall of an artery

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Anosmia

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Loss of sense of smell

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Apraxia

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Inability to make skilled movements with accuracy

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Ateritis

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Inflammation of arterial walls

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Atherosclerosis

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Fat deposits in arteries

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Atrophy

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Wasting of an organ or tissue

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Bacterial Meningitis

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Inflammation of the lining of the brain caused by bacteria

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Bipolar Disorder

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A form of manic depression

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Botulism

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Serious form of food poisoning

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Calculi

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Formation of stones

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Camplylobacter

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A type of bacteria causing food poisoning

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Candidasis

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Thrush

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Chalazion

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A swollen sebaceous gland in the eyelid

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Chickenpox

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Also known as varicella - a childhood disease

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Chlamydia

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A sexually transmitted disease

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Cholera

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An acute bacterial infection of the small intestine

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Chorea - Huntingdon's

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Jerky involuntary movements particularly of the head

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Chronic Fatigue Sydrome - ME

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Condition of disabling fatigue

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Colitis

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Inflammation of the Colon

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Coryza

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Common Cold

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Coronary Heart Disease

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Disease of the arteries of the heart

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Diabetes Mellitus

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Metabolic disease when sugar in not converted into energy

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Diphtheria

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An acute highly contagious infection now very rare

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Encephalitis

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Inflammation of the brain

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Huntingdon's disease

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A hereditary disease caused by a defective gene

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Hypertension

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Raised blood pressure

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Ichthyosis

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Genetically determined skin disorder

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Interstitial Cystitis

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Inflammation of the Bladder

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Iritis

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Inflammation of the iris

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Irritable Bowel Syndrome

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Recurrent abdominal pain with constipation and or diarrhoea

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Keloids

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Overgrowth of scar tissue

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Leptospirosis

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Weils Disease - an infectious disease spread by animals

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Leukaemia

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Lack of normal white blood cells

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Lymphoma

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Malignant tumour of the lymph nodes

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Measles

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Rubeola - a highly infectious childhood disease

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Menieres Diseases

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A disease of the inner ear

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MRSA

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Methycillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus

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Multiple Sclerosis

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Chronic disease of the nervous system

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Mumps

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Infectious parotitis - a childhood disease

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Muscular Dystrophy

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A disease caused by weakness and wasting of muscles

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Myasthenia Gravis

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Chronic disease with weakness and muscle wasting

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Myelitis

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Inflammatory disease of the spinal cord

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Myopia

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Short sightedness

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Myxoedema

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Clinical syndrom due to hypothyroidism

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Neoplasm

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Any new or abnormal growths

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Osteoarthritis

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Painful and stiff joints

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Parkinson's disease

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A degenerative disorder characterised by shaking

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Peritonitis

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Inflammation of the abdominal membrane

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Pertussis

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Whooping Cough - a childhood disease

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Poliomyelitis

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An infectious virus affecting the central nervous system

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Prostatitis

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Inflammation of the Prostate

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Psittacosis

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An infection transmitted to humans from handling infected birds

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Psoriasis

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A chronic skin disease

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Raynaud's disease

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Spasm in the arteries of the fingers

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Repetitive Strain Injury - RSI

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Pain with associated loss of function in a limb

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Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Disease of the synovial lining of the joints

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Rickets

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Disease caused by lack of vitamin D

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Rubella

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German Measles - a Childhood disease

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Salmonella

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Bacteria causing food poisoning

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Scabies

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Skin infection typified by severe itching

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Scarlet fever

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A highly infectious childhood disease also known as Scarletina

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Sciatica

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Pain felt down the side and back of the leg usually following compression of spinal nerve

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Schizophrenia

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A sever mental disorder

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Scleroderma

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Thickening of the skin

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Scurvy

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Disease caused by lack of Vitamin C

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SARS

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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome - a form of pneumonia

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Shingles

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Herpes Zoster virus which also causes chicken pox

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Silicosis

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A lung disease caused by inhaling silica dust particles

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Smallpox

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An acute infectious viral disease also known as variola

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Strabismus

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Squint

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Synovitis

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Inflammation of the synovium in a joint

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Syphillis

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A chronic sexually transmitted disease

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Tinnitus

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Ringing sensation in the ears

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Toxic Shock Syndrome

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A state of acute shock due to septacaemia

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Trisomy - Downs syndrome

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A condition where there is one extra chromosome in each cell

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Tuberculosis

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An infectious disease of the lungs

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Ulcerative Colitis

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Inflammation and ulceration of the colon

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Urticaria

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An itchy rash caused by the release of histamine

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Uveitis

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Inflammation of the iris

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Varicella

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Chicken pox

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Vasovagal attack

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A faint

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Vitiligo

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A skin disorder characterised by pale or white patches