Definitions Final

Question 1

Acute pain

Answer 1

Pain that arises from injury, trauma, or disease

Question 2

Amenorrhea

Answer 2

Absence of menstruation

Question 3

Arthralgia

Answer 3

Severe pain in a joint

Question 4

Aspermia

Answer 4

Inability to secrete or ejaculate semen

Question 5

Congenital

Answer 5

Present at birth, born with

Question 6

Contraceptive

Answer 6

Birth control

Question 7

Diabetes mellitus

Answer 7

A chronic disorder with increased fasting blood glucose level

Question 8

Dysmenorrhea

Answer 8

Painful menstruation

Question 9

Dyspepsia

Answer 9

Indigestion

Question 10

Dysphagia

Answer 10

Difficulty/pain in swallowing

Question 11

Disuria

Answer 11

Difficulty/pain in urinating

Question 12

Emesis

Answer 12

Vomiting

Question 13

Enteral

Answer 13

By way of the intestine

Question 14

Febrile

Answer 14

Fever

Question 15

Gastroesophageal reflux disease

Answer 15

Reflux of gastric contents into the esophagus

Question 16

Hirsutism

Answer 16

The presence of excessive body and facial hair, especially in women

Question 17

Hyperglycemia

Answer 17

High blood glucose

Question 18

Hyperthyroidism

Answer 18

High levels of thyroid hormone in the blood

Question 19

Hypothyroidism

Answer 19

Low levels of thyroid hormone in the blood

Question 20

Mastication

Answer 20

Chewing

Question 21

Osteoarthritis

Answer 21

Degenerative joint disease

Question 22

Osteoporosis

Answer 22

Low bone mass and microarthitectural deterioration of bone tissue

Question 23

Osteomyelitis

Answer 23

An inflammation of the bone marrow and surrounding bone

Question 24

Parenteral

Answer 24

Intravenous route

Question 25

Perforation

Answer 25

Hole

Question 26

Peptic ulcer disease

Answer 26

Ulceration of upper GI tract

Question 27

Rheumatoid arthritis

Answer 27

A systemic musculoskeletal disease that is characterized by symmetric inflammation of synovial tissues

Question 28

Sensitization

Answer 28

An increased sensitivity of the receptors following repeated application of a noxious stimulus

Question 29

Somatic pain

Answer 29

Pain result from activation of nociceptors in cutaneous and deep tissues

Question 30

Tension headache

Answer 30

The most common type of headache complaint

Question 31

Uniparous

Answer 31

Female who has had only one child

Question 32

Visceral pain

Answer 32

Pain result from injury to sympathetically innervated organs