Terms Related to Medical

• A disease affecting many persons at the same place and time – Epidemic
• Free or exempt from infection – Immune
• The mark or scar left after a wound is healed – Cicatrice, Cicatrix
• A substance which destroys or weakens germs – Antiseptic
• A medicine that alleviates pain – Anodyne
• To disinfect by smoke – Fumigate
• A medicine to cause vomiting – Emetic
• Affecting the lungs – Pulmonary
• The science of diseases of the human body – Pathology
• The mosquito that transmits faleria – Culex
• A cure for all diseases – Panacea
• The mosquito that transmits yellow fever – Stegomyia
• A disease confined to a particular district or place – Endemic
• A disease widely epidemic – Pandemic
• A medicine to counteract poison – Antidote