Knowing Your Medical Vocab!

3. The type of immunity that occurs when a significant portion of the population is vaccinated. It protects those who are not immunized
4. Surgery to aid or confirm a diagnosis
6. The test preformed on a baby one minute and five minutes after birth to determine if any difficulties are present
7. A disease that is found regularly among a population ex: Flu
10. The Process in which blood clots; the coagulation of blood
11. The scientific term for stretch marks
13. Causes the thickening of Endometrium
17. The process in which one donates blood ahead of time for one's own surgery or procedure
18. The instrument used in surgery to cut bones
20. Surgery done with the use of microscopes on small structures
22. The use of _______ means operated by a surgeon ex: DaVinci System
23. The rarest blood type; 1% of donors have this blood type
24. The inability of a person's blood to form clots; a slow or nonexistent clotting process

1. insertion of an artificial body part or apparatus
2. The type of of anesthetic that causes unconsciousness ex: Propofol
5. Worm like parasites which live on and feed off of a living host
8. The term for pregnancy or pregnant
9. The process in which engulfs and destroys a foreign matter
11. A neural tube issue where the tube fails to close properly causing the baby to be born with defects in the spinal cord and backbone
12. The mucus lining of the uterus in preparation for implantation
14. Four days after zygote is formed
15. Tissue examined under a microscope
16. Where a patient is taken post-op to be closely monitored
19. A classification of surgery where it is non life threatening and the patient may choose when to have it
21. Type of white blood cells which help fight against parasitic infections and become active during an allergic reactions