Med Term ch1Q. Into

Question 1

strong dependence on a drug or substance

Answer 1

addiction

Question 2

abnormal enlargement of the liver

Answer 2

hepatomegaly

Question 3

screening of patients to determine their priority of need and the proper place of medical treatment

Answer 3

triage

Question 4

flow of frequent loose or watery stools

Answer 4

diarrhea

Question 5

wound or injury

Answer 5

trauma

Question 6

disease named for the person who first discovered it

Answer 6

eponym

Question 7

surgical repair of a muscle

Answer 7

myoplasty

Question 8

loss of a large amount of blood in a short time

Answer 8

hemorrhage

Question 9

-gram

Answer 9

picture or record

Question 10

-graphy

Answer 10

process of recording a picture or record

Question 11

-itis

Answer 11

inflammation

Question 12

-malacia

Answer 12

abnormal softening

Question 13

sub-

Answer 13

below

Question 14

surgical punture of the abdominal cavity to remove fluid

Answer 14

abdominocentesis

Question 15

time and events surrounding birth

Answer 15

perinatal

Question 16

pain in the stomach

Answer 16

gastralgia

Question 17

rupture of a muscle

Answer 17

myorrhexis

Question 18

examination technique in which the examiners hands are used to feel texture, size, consistency and location of certain body parts

Answer 18

palpation

Question 19

combining form for nerve

Answer 19

neur/o

Question 20

ilium

Answer 20

part of the hip bone

Question 21

combining form for fever

Answer 21

pyr/o

Question 22

-ologist

Answer 22

specialist

Question 23

identification of a disease

Answer 23

diagnosis

Question 24

torn or ragged wound

Answer 24

laceration

Question 25

inter-

Answer 25

between or among

Question 26

inflammation of a nerve

Answer 26

neuritis

Question 27

dysfunctional

Answer 27

a body part that is not working properly

Question 28

plural of appendix

Answer 28

appendices

Question 29

localized response to injury or tissue destruction

Answer 29

inflammation

Question 30

is pain a sign or a symptom?

Answer 30

symptom, because it can be observed only by the patient