BIOLOGICAL TERMS or
BRANCHES OF MEDICINE
1. Allometry : The
study of differential growth rate.
2. Anesthesiology: The branch of medicine specializing in
the use of drugs or other agents that causes insensibility to pain.
3. Angiology : The study of blood vascular and
lymphatic systems.
4. Anthropology: Forensic anthropology includes the
identification of skeletal, decomposed, or unidentified human remains.
5. Astrology : The
science deals with the study of stars and future forecasting.
6. Biogeography :
The study of patterns of distribution of animals and plants in different parts
of the earth.
7. Biometry : Body length relationships across the
evolutionary scale.
8. Biotechnology: The branch of molecular biology that
studies the use of microorganisms to perform specific industrial processes.
9. Cardiology : The branch of science that deals
with study and treatment of heart disorders.
10. Chemotherapy: Treatment of diseases by drugs and
other chemical substances.
11. Cognogeny : Evolution of various forms of life.
12. Dermatology: The branch of medicine concerned with
the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases of the skin, hair, nails,
oral cavity and genitals. Dermatology is literally the study of the skin.
13. Endocrinology: The study of hormones, their receptors,
the intracellular signaling pathways they invoke, and the diseases and
conditions associated with them.
14. Gastroenterology: The medical specialty devoted to the
study, diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the digestive system.
15. Gynecology : Scientific study and treatment of
diseases and disorders specially of girls and woman.
16. Hematology : The diagnosis, treatment, and
prevention of diseases of the blood and bone marrow as well as of the
immunologic, haemostatic (blood clotting) and vascular systems.
17. Histology : Study
of tissues (Bichat is considered as Father of Histology).
18. Immunology : The branch of medicine that studies
the body's immune system.
19. Jejunostomy : A surgical operation to create an
opening of the jejunum.
20. Laparoscopy : A type of
minimally invasive surgery in which a small incision (cut) is made in the
abdominal wall through which an instrument called a laparoscope is inserted to
permit structures within the abdomen and pelvis to be seen.
21. Metaphysics : The
branch of philosophy concerned with the rational query of reality.
22. Microbiology : The branch
of biology that deals with microorganisms, especially their effects on man and
other living organisms.
23. Nephrology : The
branch of medicine that deals with the function and diseases of the kidneys
24. Neuropsychiatry: The branch associated with diagnosis,
prevention and cure of mental disorders.
25. Oncology : Study
of cancer.
26. Ophthalmology: The science deals with the study of the
eye and its diseases.
27. Orthopedics : Branch of surgery that deals with correction of bone
deformities and diseases.
28. Otorhinolaryngology: The medical study of diseases of the
ear, nose and throat.
29. Paediatrics : Branch of medicine concerned with
children and their illnesses.
30. Paleontology : The study of the conditions
required of fossilization.
31. Pathology : Scientific study of the diseases of
the body.
32. Pathophobia : Exaggerated dread of disease.
33. Pharmacology: The science that studies the effects of
chemical compounds on living animals, especially the science of the
manufacture, use and effects of medicinal drugs.
34. Physiology : A
branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of
living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells).
35. Phytology : The science deals with the study of
plants.
36. Psychiatry : Study and treatment of mental
illness.
37. Quarantine : The
period of isolation decreed to control the spread of infectious disease. The
word "quarantine" comes from the Latin word "quadraginta"
meaning forty.
38. Radiology : Scientific study of X-rays and other
radiations, especially as used in medicines.
39. Radiotherapy: Treatment of disease by radiation
especially X-rays.
40. Scoliosis : Sideways (lateral) curving of the
spine (the backbone).
41. Serology : It is the scientific study of blood
serum and other bodily fluids.
42. Sigmoidoscopy: Inspection
of the rectum and lower colon using a thin lighted tube. Samples of tissue or
cells may be collected for examination under a microscope. It is also called as
proctosigmoidoscopy.
43. Splanchnology : The branch of science deals with study of the viscera.
44. Surgery : Treatment of injuries or diseases by
cutting or removing parts of the body.
45. Thantology : The science that deals with death in
all its aspects.
46. Urology : The branch of medicine that treats
disorders of the urinary tract and the urogenital system.
47. Venereology : A branch of medicine which deals with
sexually transmitted disease.
48. Veterinary : Diseases and injuries of specially
farm and domestic animals.
49. Xeroradiography: The process of making a type of dry
X-ray in which a picture of the body is recorded on paper rather than on film.
50. Zoophobia : An
abnormal and persistent fear of animals/ fear of strangers.
Pharology - The science
of signaling by light from shore
Philology - Science of
language
Phraseology - Phrasing,
Wording, choice of words, Style of expression
Xenophonia : Quality of the voice
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