Dictionary of Medical Terms

A tough band of connective tissue connecting bones or holding organs in place.

A wire or thread used to tie off blood vessels or to close incisions or wounds.

The feeling of decreased abdominal pressure during the last few weeks of pregnancy caused by the uterus dropping into the…

Margin, or border. The margin of the cornea where it contacts the sclera.

Tongue.

Cholesterol, triglycerides and related substances.

A fat cell.

The splitting up, or destruction, of fat.

Fatty tumor.

Any of a group of proteins combined with a lipid that allow lipids to be transported in the circulatory…

A surgical procedure that changes body shape by removing fat cells.

Breaking up of a stone, such as a gallstone.

A procedure to break up kidney stones into smaller pieces that can more easily pass out of the body.

The large organ in the upper right abdomen that functions in digestion and storage of food, disposal of worn-out red…

1. The fleshy lower part of the ear. 2. A well-defined portion of an organ.

Surgical removal of the lobe of an organ.

A surgical operation in which a lobe of the brain, especially the frontal lobe of the cerebrum, is cut into…

The discharge from the vagina that occurs for several days to weeks after childbirth.

Tetanus infection.

The portion of the back between the rib cage and pelvis.

Forward curvature of the spine, producing a hollow in the back.