vocab list #6

Question 1

Contusion

Answer 1

internal wound; a bruise

Question 2

Forensic

Answer 2

relating to the application of scientific knowledge to legal problems

Question 3

Cicatrix

Answer 3

mark left after healing of a wound; a scar

Question 4

Ataxia

Answer 4

abnormal ability to coordiante movement; staggering gait or imbalance

Question 5

Abcess

Answer 5

collection of pus in the body isolated by damaged and inflamed tissue, usually caused by bacteria

Question 6

Toxin

Answer 6

poison produced by a living organism

Question 7

Asymptomatic

Answer 7

showing no subjective evidence of a disease or condition

Question 8

Mandated

Answer 8

required by law or regulation

Question 9

Dehydration

Answer 9

insuffiecient amounts of fluid in the tissues

Question 10

Embolus

Answer 10

blood clot or mass of material circulating throughout the blood vessels

Question 11

Occult

Answer 11

hidden, not visible; ex. internal hemorrhage

Question 12

Histlology

Answer 12

study of tissues

Question 13

Antitussive

Answer 13

agent that surpresses coughing

Question 14

Alzheimer’s Disease

Answer 14

disease of nervous system whose symptoms are early senility and memory loss

Question 15

Carcinogen

Answer 15

substance that carries cancer when tissues are exposed to it

Question 16

Protocol

Answer 16

precise detailed plan to study a biomedical problem or a regimen of therapy

Question 17

Autopsy

Answer 17

surgical examination of the body after death

Question 18

Hemolysis

Answer 18

breakdown of red blood cells

Question 19

Munchausen by Proxy

Answer 19

psychological condition where a person causes symptoms of illnessin someone else to gain attention and sympathy form others