Medical Terminology

2. The use of a long thin tube put into a cut made in the body in order to examine inside the body or do an operation.
7. The area of medicine that deals with diseases of the ear, nose, and throat.
10. A condition in which the sphincter muscle of the oesophagus does not relax enough to allow someone to swallow normally.
13. The area of medicine that is concerned with diseases of the digestive system.
15. A bacterium, many types of which cause disease.
16. A condition in which the kidneys become painful and swollen.
17. Relating to any of the organs of the body that make hormones and put them into the blood, or to the hormones that they make.
18. A muscle in the neck that helps to move the head.
19. A medical operation to remove the appendix.
20. The presence of air or gas between the pleura and the lungs, causing a lung to collapse.

1. A treatment for pain or illness in which thin needles are positioned just under the surface of the skin at special points around the body.
3. The study of medicines and drugs, including their action, their use, and their effects on the body.
4. A hormone in the body that produces changes in skin colour and is involved in controlling biorhythms such as our sleep pattern.
5. The long bone in the upper half of your arm, between your shoulder and your elbow.
6. The heel bone.
8. In Chinese Medicine, a treatment that involves burning a plant called "moxa" on or near the skin.
9. A treatment for pain or illness in which thin needles are positioned just under the surface of the skin at special points around the body.
11. A substance that causes cancer.
12. Relating to the heart and lungs.
14. The scientific study of eyes and their diseases.