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some medical terms explained
Doctors may use unfamiliar words that you don’t understand. Here are some of the most common ones explained (alphabetically).
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alopecia
Hair loss
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anaemia
A reduced number of red blood cells
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anaesthetic
Drugs that put a person to sleep (general anaesthetic) or that numb a part of the body (local anaesthetic) while they have an operation or procedure
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benign
Describes a tumour or growth that is not cancerous but may still be capable of causing problems
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biopsy
A small sample of tissue taken from the body to make a diagnosis
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blood count
A blood test to check the number of different cells in the blood (sometimes called a full blood count or FBC)
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bone marrow
The spongy material in the centre of the large bones of the body, which makes blood cells
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cardio
To do with the heart
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