Chapter 1

Question 1

Abdominocentesis

Answer 1

Surgical puncture to remove fluid

Question 2

Angiography

Answer 2

Process of producing an X-ray or radiographic study of blood vessel after the injection of a contrast medium to make these blood vessel visible

Question 3

Appendectomy

Answer 3

Surgical removal of the appendix

Question 4

Arteriosclerosis

Answer 4

Abnormal hardening of the walls of an artery or arteries

Question 5

Arthralgia

Answer 5

Pain in a joint or joints

Question 6

Cyanosis

Answer 6

Blue discoloration of the skin caused by lack of oxygen in the blood

Question 7

Dermatologist

Answer 7

A physician who specializes in diagnosing and treating disorders of the skin

Question 8

Diagnosis

Answer 8

The identification of a disease

Question 9

Diarrhea

Answer 9

The frequent flow of loose or watery stools

Question 10

Edema

Answer 10

Swelling caused by an abnormal accumulation of fluids in cells, tissues, or cavities in the body

Question 11

Endarterial

Answer 11

Pertaining to the interior or lining of an artery

Question 12

Eponym

Answer 12

A disease, structure or operation or procedure named for the person who discovered or described it first.

Question 13

Erythrocyte

Answer 13

A mature red blood cell

Question 14

Fissure

Answer 14

A groove or crack like sore of the skin;this term also describes normal folds in the contours of the brain.

Question 15

Fistula

Answer 15

An abnormal passage usually between two internal organs or leading from an organ to the surface of the body.

Question 16

Gastralgia

Answer 16

Stomachache

Question 17

Gastritis

Answer 17

Inflammation in the stomach

Question 18

Gastroenteritis

Answer 18

Inflammation of the stomach and small intestine

Question 19

Gastrosis

Answer 19

Any disease in the stomach

Question 20

Hemorrhage

Answer 20

The loss a large amount of blood in a short time

Question 21

Hepatomegaly

Answer 21

Abnormal enlargement of the liver

Question 22

Hypertension

Answer 22

Higher than normal blood pressure

Question 23

Hypotension

Answer 23

Lower than normal blood pressure

Question 24

Infection

Answer 24

Invasion of the body by a pathogenic (disease producing) organism

Question 25

Inflammation

Answer 25

A localized response to an injury or the destruction of tissues

Question 26

Interstitial

Answer 26

Between, but not within, parts of the tissue

Question 27

Intramuscular

Answer 27

Within the muscle

Question 28

Laceration

Answer 28

A torn or jagged wound or an accidental cut

Question 29

Lesion

Answer 29

A pathological change of the tissues due to disease or injury

Question 30

Malaise

Answer 30

Word of French origin referring to a feeling of general discomfort or uneasiness that is often the first indication of an infection or other disease

Question 31

Mycosis

Answer 31

Any abnormal condition or disease caused by a fungus

Question 32

Myelopathy

Answer 32

Any injury, degeneration or disease in the spinal Cord

Question 33

Myopathy

Answer 33

Any pathological change or disease of muscular tissue

Question 34

Natal

Answer 34

Pertaining to birth

Question 35

Neonatology

Answer 35

The study of disorders of the newborn

Question 36

Neurorrhaphy

Answer 36

Suturing together the ends of a severed nerve

Question 37

Otorhinolaryngology

Answer 37

The study of the ears, nose and throat

Question 38

Palpation

Answer 38

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

Question 39

Palpitation

Answer 39

A pounding or racing heart

Question 40

Pathology

Answer 40

The study of all aspects of disease

Question 41

Phalanges

Answer 41

The bones of the fingers and toes

Question 42

Poliomyelitis

Answer 42

A viral infection of the gray nerve tissue of the spiral cord

Question 43

Prognosis

Answer 43

A prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disease

Question 44

Pyoderma

Answer 44

Any acuteinflammatory, pus-forming bacterial skin infection such as impetigo

Question 45

Pyrosis

Answer 45

Also known as heartburn, is discomfort due to regurgitation of stomach acid upwards in the esophagus

Question 46

Supination

Answer 46

The act of rotating the arm so that the palm of the hand is forward or upward

Question 47

Suppuration

Answer 47

The formation of pus

Question 48

Supracostal

Answer 48

Above or outside the ribs

Question 49

Symptom

Answer 49

Subjective evidence of a disease

Question 50

Syndrome

Answer 50

A set of signs and symptoms that occur together as a part of of a specific disease process that

Question 51

Tenorrhaphy

Answer 51

Surgical suturing of a tendon

Question 52

Tonsillitis

Answer 52

Inflammation of the tonsils

Question 53

Trauma

Answer 53

Wound or injury

Question 54

Triage

Answer 54

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

Question 55

Viral

Answer 55

Pertain in to a virus