Medicine & Health Vocabulary
Vocabulary words related to medicine & health that appear on standardized tests including GRE, SAT, TOEFL, and IELTS.
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A plant valued for its flavor, scent, or medicinal properties, often used in cooking or healing.
The passing of genetic traits from ancestors to descendants through biological inheritance.
Having a rough or harsh voice, typically due to illness or shouting.
Social insects that produce honey and pollinate flowers; they live in structured colonies.
Relating to or emphasizing human values, capabilities, and worth.
The management and care of animals or crops, especially in farming; responsible resource management.
Conditions or practices conducive to maintaining health and preventing disease, especially through c...
A trance-like state in which a person is highly focused and responsive to suggestion.
A person who is excessively anxious about their health, often believing they have serious illnesses.
Referring to something administered beneath the skin, such as a needle or injection.
Not clear enough to be read or deciphered, often referring to handwriting.
A foolish or stupid person; historically used as a medical term for a low level of intelligence.
Happening or done at once; without delay.
Protected against a particular infection or disease.
The ability of an organism to resist a particular infection or toxin.
To insert something firmly into the body, often surgically; also used figuratively to mean instillin...
To make someone unable to perform a normal function, especially physically or mentally.
A cut made in something, especially during surgery.
Not leading to a definite conclusion or result; indecisive.
Having no control over bodily excretions, especially urination or defecation.
Impossible to cure or correct; untreatable.
A loss of dignity or respect; an offensive or humiliating experience.
To succeed in causing something to happen or in persuading someone to do something.
Lacking the ability or strength to move or act; chemically inactive.
To contaminate or cause disease by introducing a pathogen.
A condition caused by harmful organisms invading the body.
Capable of spreading disease; also, causing emotions or behaviors to spread rapidly.
A room or small hospital in a school, prison, or institution for treating the sick or injured.
A physical weakness or illness, especially one caused by old age; a mental or moral weakness.
To make a condition, especially a disease or problem, worse; to provoke anger or strong emotion.
A highly contagious viral infection causing fever, respiratory symptoms, and severe aches; commonly ...
Cruel and lacking sympathy or compassion; not humane.
Causing harm or damage; harmful to well-being or reputation.
An unfair or unjust action, treatment, or situation.
Proceeding in a subtle or gradual way, but with harmful effects.
The act of carefully examining something, often officially.
A contract or policy that provides financial protection against specified risks.
Concentrated or carried out with great effort or in a short period of time.
Occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady.
A person working in a professional setting to gain experience, typically a student or trainee.
The act of becoming involved in a situation to modify it or prevent harm.
Relating to the intestines, the part of the digestive tract.
Not valid; legally or logically unacceptable, or a person made weak by illness or disability.
A chemical element essential for thyroid function and often used as an antiseptic.
Not following a fixed pattern, frequent, or consistent; deviating from the norm.
To separate something or someone from others.
The state of being separated from others, either physically or emotionally.
Specialized language used by a particular profession or group, often difficult for outsiders to unde...
A deep cut or tear in the skin or flesh; a severe wound.
The part of the throat containing the vocal cords and used for breathing, swallowing, and producing ...
A state of physical or mental weariness and lack of energy.
Present but not yet visible, active, or developed.
A substance that promotes bowel movements and relieves constipation.
An infectious disease that affects the skin, peripheral nerves, and mucous membranes, causing lesion...
An abnormal change in the structure of an organ or tissue due to injury or disease, such as a wound ...
The vocabulary of a person, language, or subject; a dictionary or compendium of terms.
A connection between two or more things; a hyperlink in digital media; or to connect.
Lacking energy, enthusiasm, or interest.
A large organ in the body responsible for producing bile, detoxifying the blood, and storing energy.
A lump is a compact mass of a substance, often irregular in shape. It can also refer to a protuberan...