Medical Knowledge.

Medical Knowledge.

1 Anaemia - Deficiency of haemoglobin in the blood

2. Analgesic - Medicine which alleviates pain

3. Arthralgia - Pain in a joint

4. Cephalalgia - Headache

5. Nephralgia - Pain in the kidney

6. Neuralgia - Nerve pain

7. Myalgia - Muscle pain 

8. Otalgia - Ear ache

9. Gastralgia - Pain in the stomach 

10. Pyoderma - Skin infection with pus formation

11. Leucoderma -Defective skin pigmentaion 

12. Hysterodynia - Pain in the uterus

13. Hysterectomy - Excision of the uterus 

14. Nephrectomy - Excision of a kidney

15. Adenectomy - Excision of a gland

16. Cholecystectomy - Excision of gall bladder

17. Thyroidectomy - Excision of thyroid gland

18. Arthritis - Inflammation of a joint

19. Bronchitis - Inflammation of the bronchi

20. Carditis - Inflammation of the heart

21. Cervicitis - Inflammation of the cervix

22. Colitis Inflammation of the colon -

23. Colpitis - Inflammation of the vagina 

24. Cystitis - Inflammation of the urinary bladder

25. Enteritis - Inflammation of the intestines 

26. Gastritis - Inflammation of the stomach

27. Glossitis - Inflammation of the tongue

28. Hepatitis - Inflammation of the liver 

29. Laryngitis - Inflammation of the larynx 

30. Metritis - Inflammation of the uterus

31. Myelitis - Inflammation of the spinal cord

32. Nephritis - Inflammation of the kidney

33. Pharyngitis - Inflammation of the pharynx 

34. Blepharitis - Inflammation of the eyelids bladder 

35. Cholelithiasis - Stone in the gall

36. Nephrolithiasis - Stone in the kidney

37. Osteomalacia - Softening of bones through deficiency of calcium or D vitamin

38. Adenoma -Benign tumour of glandular tissue

39. Myoma - Tumour of muscle

40. Diplopia - Double vision

41. Thrombosis - Formation of a blood clot

42. Pyloromyotomy - Incision of pyloric sphincter muscle

43. Hedrophobia - Fear of water (Rabies in humans)

44. Neuroplasty- Surgical repair of nerves

45. Pyloraplasty -Incision of plastic pylorus to widen passage

46. Hemiplegia - Paralysis of one side of the body

47. Nephroptosis - Downward displacement the kidney

48. Amenorrhoea - Absence of menstrual discharge

49. Dysmenorrhoea - Painful menstruation 

50. Leucorrhoea - Whitish vaginal discharge

51. Menorrhoea - Menstrual bleeding

52. Haemorrhage- Escape of blood from a vessel

53. Arrhythmia -Any deviation of normal rhythm
of heart

54. Cholestasis - Diminution in the flow of bile

55. Haemostatis - Arrest of bleeding

56. Neurasthenia - Nervous debility

57. Cystostomy - Surgical opening made into the bladder

58. Cystotomy - Incision into the urinary bladder

59. Hypertrophy - Increase in the size of tissues

60. Haematuria - Blood in the urine

61. Glycosuria - Presence of sugar in the urine

62. Albuminuria - Presence of albumin in the urine

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