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Dictionary of Diseases

Abdominoplasty
It is tummy tuck surgery.

Absence
short-term loss of consciousness

Abscess
A formation that is limited to a pouch-like tissue from the surrounding tissues and is filled with pus.

Absorption
Absorption, eg digestion, can also be said to be the absorption of food in the intestines.

Adrenaline
It is a hormone secreted by the inner parts of the adrenal glands. In nature, the task of this hormone is to prepare the organism for emergency action, and it shows its effect in the form of a pulse rate, blood transfer from the internal organs and skin to the muscles, the conversion of glycogen in the liver to glucose, and thus providing an emergency energy source.

Aphasia
Loss of the ability to speak or understand speech as a result of the destruction of relevant areas of the brain.

Aphrodisiac
The name given to substances or drugs that increase sexual desire

Agoraphobia
It is an uncontrollable fear of being alone in a wide open field.

Freckle
They are small spots on the skin that appear as a result of exposure to the sun. These are more like localized sunburns and are accumulations of melanin pigment, which is often seen in blondes or redheads.

Boil
Boils are infections of sweat glands or hair follicles in the skin.

Payment
It is an abnormal accumulation of water in the body. It can be a symptom of heart, vascular and kidney diseases, as well as cause serious consequences in some allergic conditions and brain traumas.

Ulcer
Broadly speaking, they are chronic wounds that expose the skin or submucosal tissues.

Bacteria
They are single-celled microorganisms. These are smaller than Mushrooms but bigger than Viruses. Some are pathogenic, some harmless; some bacteria are beneficial. (For example, soil nitrogen-forming bacteria.)

West
It is the part of the torso between the thorax and pelvis.

Kidney Stones
Kidney stones are substances formed as a result of the crystallization (petrification) of various substances in the kidneys.

Biopsy
Removal of a small piece of living tissue for examination.

Neck Hernia
It is a condition in which cartilage-like formations called ‘disc’ in the neck protrude towards the nerves that go to the spinal cord and arm.

Push
Tissue fluid that contains inflammatory products such as red blood cells, bacteria, and destroyed tissue debris.

Surgery
It is one of the oldest branches of medicine. It is based on the surgical repair of diseases, injuries and structural defects in the body that cannot be cured by drugs or other treatment methods, or by cutting and removing the diseased organ.

Sexual Warts (Condyloma)
They are sexually transmitted lesions, also known as acuminata, which can be very common. They are wet and itchy soft masses usually localized in the anogenital region.

Freckle
They are small spots on the skin that appear as a result of exposure to the sun. These are more like localized sunburns and are accumulations of melanin pigment, which is often seen in blondes or redheads.

Boil
Boils are infections of sweat glands or hair follicles in the skin.

Debility
mental retardation

Defibrillator
defibrillator

Deformity
Deformity.

Degeneration
The normal structures of the tissues are disrupted and they become unable to perform their normal functions.

Demoralization
Morale collapse.

Edema
Edema, abnormal accumulation of water outside the cell in any part of the body.

Effervescent
The common name of drugs that foam and melt when thrown into water, emitting small gas bubbles.

Eczema
It is a psychosomatic skin disorder with symptoms such as skin redness, swelling, vesicles, itching. There are wet and dry eczema types as well as acute and chronic.

Eclampsia
Seizures characterized by high blood pressure, edema, and elevated protein in the urine in advanced pregnancies or immediately after delivery, and loss of consciousness if no precautions are taken.

Facial Paralysis
Paralysis of the facial nerve, in the paralysis of this nerve, half of the face remains partially motionless and expressionless.

Phenylketonuria
Phenylketonuria is one of the rare inherited metabolic diseases. A child who inherits defective genes from his parents that do not cause disease is born with phenylketonuria.

Fibroma
Benign connective tissue tumor.

Gangrene
It is the death of the tissue, but it is understood among the people that a limb dies while attached to the body.

Gastritis
Stomach inflammation.

Gastroduodenitis
Inflammation of the stomach and duodenum.

Gastroenteritis
Inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract with diarrhea

Hallucination
Perceiving things that are not real.

Hematoma
Accumulation of blood within or between organs.

Hepatitis (Jaundice)
Hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver. Although most hepatitis is due to viruses, it may be due to different causes such as drugs, toxic substances, radiation, and disorders in the immune system.

Idiopathic
No reason for its formation.

İkter
Jaundice

ictus
stroke,blow

Immunity
Immunity, exemption.

Undescended Testicle ( Cryptorchidic testis)
It is known as the incomplete descent of the testis into the scrotum.

Gynecology
The branch of medicine concerned with gynecological diseases.

Cancer
Cancer is the uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells.

Keratin
The main ingredient of nails and horns.

keratoma
Callus

Measles
It is an epidemic viral childhood disease.

Laparoscopy
Endoscopic examination of the abdominal cavity with an instrument called a laparoscope with a camera on its tip.

Laryngitis
Inflammation of the larynx.

Lesion
In general terms, a disorder that has not yet been fully identified.

Malfunction
Insufficient or unbalanced functioning of any organ.

Malignant melanoma (Skin Cancer)
It is a type of skin cancer that occurs when the structure of cells called melanocytes, which form the pigment that gives the skin its color, is disrupted and multiplied uncontrollably.

Mania
Psychic illness in the form of excessive joy.

Mastectomy
It is the removal of the breast due to any discomfort. A simple mastectomy is simply the removal of breast tissue. Radical mastectomy, on the other hand, is the removal of the muscles under the breast and lymph nodes in the armpit, along with the breast that is applied in cancer cases.

Narcoepsis
An uncontrollable tendency to sleep.

Neurology
Asabiyya, nervous diseases.

Neurosurgery
Brain surgery

Nitroglycerin
A medicine that relaxes the muscles in blood vessels, causing them to widen (vasodilator). It is mostly used in thoracic angina attacks and coronary artery spasms.

Obesity
Obesity

Payment
It is an abnormal accumulation of water in the body. It can be a symptom of heart, vascular and kidney diseases, as well as cause serious consequences in some allergic conditions and brain traumas.

Pancarditis
Inflammation of all the membranes of the heart.

Radiology
In general terms, it is a branch of medicine that provides diagnostic services using X-rays, sound waves or other methods.

Bile
It is a greenish brown liquid secreted by the liver. Bile is partly a secretion for fat digestion and partly a product of excretion formed as a result of the destruction of old red blood cells.

Diabetes (Diabetes)
It is a metabolic disease that concerns protein and fat metabolism, especially carbohydrates.

Thalamus
It is the name given to a group of nuclei in the midbrain.

ultrasonography
Images obtained using ultra-sound. It is an effective examination method used in the preliminary diagnosis of many diseases, but mostly in the examination of organs in a position where sound waves can easily pass, such as abdominal organs.

Ulcer
Broadly speaking, they are chronic wounds that expose the skin or submucosal tissues.

Heirloom
It is the enlargement of the veins carrying dirty blood as a result of their functional disorders or an obstacle in front of the blood flow and becoming curvy. Varicose veins can develop in deep as well as superficial veins.

Pseudo Pregnancy
Despite all the signs of pregnancy, the uterus is empty. This is called a false pregnancy. It is more of a psychological origin.

Pneumonia (Pneumonia):
Inflammation of the lung tissue. Although it develops due to various factors, it is a term that indicates acute or subacute disease tables usually caused by primary or secondary microbial factors.