Shall we continue
with our medical and health vocabulary?
When the kidney of
a person fails totally, he/ she undergoes DIALYSIS. The patient is connected to
a machine which performs the function of a kidney.
The procedure is
also known as HAEMODIALYSIS.
Many people suffer
from CANCER. What is cancer? If the cells of any part of the body increase or
proliferate without any limit,it is a CANCEROUS CONDITION. Cancer can affect
any part of the body. It is said that cancer is curable if detected early. When
there is any abnormal growth in any part of the body,it is better to get
examined to rule out cancer. There are two types of growth. One is BENIGN. The other is MALIGNANT. When it is benign,
the cancer may not spread to other parts of the body. But in the case of
malignant cancer, the cancer is likely to spread anywhere. A cancer specialist is know as ONCOLOGIST.
Nowadays body SCAN
is a widely practised medical procedure. In any type of scan,an image of the
body part is obtained and the specialist can interpret the image for an
accurate DIAGNOSIS. XRAYS are the oldest
imaging technique. Now,many other
procedures are available. PET,CAT,MRI and so on.
PET -- Positron
Emission Topography
CAT- Computerized
Axial Topography
MRI --- Magnetic
Resonance Imaging
TOPOGRAPHY means
cross section image.
Please go to
Wikipedia,if you want more information.
I shall continue in
my next post.
Sayee Jayaraman
08/02/2015
Thanks a lot sayee of these useful information and vocabularies.
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