Two-word expressions connected with medicine

A condition in which the heart has a reduced blood supply because one of the arteries becomes blocked by a blood clot, causing myocardial ischaemia and myocardial infarction.

A substance given to make someone lose consciousness so that a major surgical operation can be carried out.

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Soft tissue in cancellous bone.

Any one of the first twenty teeth which develop in children between about six months and two-and-a-half years of age, and are replaced by the permanent teeth at around the age of six.

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Surgery to repair damaged or malformed parts of the body.

A condition in which the nerves in the brain stem have died, and the person can be certified as dead, although the heart may not have stopped beating.

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The way in which a doctor behaves towards a patient, especially a patient who is in bed.

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An effect produced by a substance to which a person has an allergy, such as sneezing or a skin rash.

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A trial carried out in a medical laboratory on a person or on tissue from a person.

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A tumour which is cancerous and can grow again or spread into other parts of the body, even if removed surgically.

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