Continuing our tryst with our exploration of ‘one word substitution‘ list, we present more words as they keep coming. These words are intended to give the exact meaning of a sentence by a single word. These types of lists come pretty handy if you want to improve your vocabulary in English language.
| The science of diseases of the human body. | Pathology |
| A forecast to the result of a disease or illness. | Prognosis |
| Affecting the lungs. | Pulmonary |
| Confinement to one place to avoid spread of infection. | Quarantine |
| A disease affecting scattered groups of people. | Sporadic |
| The mosquito which transmits yellow fever. | Stegomyia |
| An instrument used by physicians for listening to the action of the heart and lungs. | Stethoscope |
| A powder or paste used for cleaning teeth. | Toothpaste |
| Fainting or death due to lack oxygen. | Asphyxia |
| An examination of a dead body, postmortem. | Autopsy |
| A frame on which a dead body is conveyed. | Bier |
| The dead body of an animal. | Carcass |
| Dead and decaying flesh. (esp. of animals) | Carrion |
| Underground caves with burying places for the dead. | Catacombs |
| A place where dead bodies are interred. | Cemetery |
| A monument set up for persons who are buried elsewhere. | Cenotaph |
| The dead body of a human being. | Corpse |
| Disposal of a dead body by burning. | Cremation |
| A vault beneath a church used for burial. | Crypt |
| Killed by an electric current. | Electrocuted |
| To treat a dead body with preservatives to avoid putrefaction. | Embalm |
| An inscription on a tomb. | Epitaph |
| The practise of putting a suffering person painlessly to death. | Euthanasia |
| To dig up a corpse. | Exhume |
| Murder of one’s own brother. | Fratricide |
| A vehicle for taking dead bodies to the cemetery. | Hearse |
| The act of killing a human being. | Homicide |
| Murder of a new-born child. | Infanticide |
| To die without leaving a will. | Intestate |
| The property left to someone by a will. | Legacy |
| Murder of one’s own mother. | Matricide |
| A very expensive and elaborately built tomb. | Mausoleum |
