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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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