Match Each Medical Term with the Correct Definition

question 17

Multiple Choice

Match each medical term with the correct definition.
-thymectomy

• A)study of serum
• B)surgical removal of the thymus
• C)pain in the vessel
• D)process of recording a vessel
• E)study of the immune system
• F)pertaining to lymph cells
• G)poisonous condition of the blood
• H)creation of bone marrow
• I)specialist in the study of disease
• J)record of lymph vessels
• K)destroying, killing bacteria
• L)enlargement of the spleen
• M)surgical removal of the tonsils
• N)disease of the lymph glands
• O)suture of a vessel

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Definitions:

Spontaneous Abortions

Medical term for miscarriages, referring to the natural loss of a pregnancy before the fetus can survive outside the womb.

Emergency Contraception

A method of preventing pregnancy after unprotected sexual intercourse, often referred to as the "morning-after pill."

Surgical Procedure

A medical operation performed to diagnose, treat, or prevent illness or injury, involving the cutting into the body.

Impregnation

The process of fertilizing an egg, resulting in pregnancy, or the act of permeating an object with another substance.