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| A doctor or scientist who specialises in the study and treatment of blood and blood disorders. |
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| a condition characterized by an excess of watery fluid collecting in the cavities or tissues of the body. |
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| lung inflammation caused by bacterial or viral infection, in which the air sacs fill with pus and may become solid. |
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| a condition marked by a deficiency of red blood cells or of hemoglobin in the blood, resulting in pallor and weariness. |
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| an acutely disturbed state of mind that occurs in fever, intoxication, and other disorders and is characterized by restlessness, illusions, and incoherence of thought and speech. |
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| a chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury and marked by memory disorders, personality changes, and impaired reasoning. |
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| chronic disease of the heart muscle. |
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| relating to or denoting drugs that affect a person's mental state. |
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| having or relating to two sides; affecting both sides. |
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| is the central compartment of the thoracic cavity surrounded by loose connective tissue, as an undelineated region that contains a group of structures within the thorax. |
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the identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms. |
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| abnormally high body temperature |
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| technical term for earwax. |
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| difficult or labored breathing. |
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| is the process whereby a person is made immune or resistant to an infectious disease, typically by the administration of a vaccine. Vaccines stimulate the body's own immune system to protect the person against subsequent infection or disease. |
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| an acute, highly contagious bacterial disease causing inflammation of the mucous membranes, formation of a false membrane in the throat that hinders breathing and swallowing, and potentially fatal heart and nerve damage by a bacterial toxin in the blood. It is now rare in developed countries because of immunization. |
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| is an infection in any part of your urinary system — your kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra. Most infections involve the lower urinary tract — the bladder and the urethra. |
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