medical terms

Question 1

encephalopathy

Answer 1

disease of the brain.

Question 2

pericarditis

Answer 2

inflammation of coverings around the heart

Question 3

radiotherapy

Answer 3

treatment using radiation beams

Question 4

epilepsy

Answer 4

disease of fits

Question 5

hemogram

Answer 5

blood test result

Question 6

endoscopy

Answer 6

looking inside the body with specialized instruments

Question 7

thermometer

Answer 7

body temperature measuring equipment

Question 8

cardiogram

Answer 8

heart rythym trace

Question 9

pseudocyesis

Answer 9

false pregnancy

Question 10

fluroscopy

Answer 10

special xray of the body seen on the TV

Question 11

radiograph

Answer 11

xray picture

Question 12

paraplegia

Answer 12

unable to walk

Question 13

otoscope

Answer 13

ear examination equipment

Question 14

athralgia

Answer 14

painful joints

Question 15

opthalmoscope

Answer 15

eye examinatiion equipment

Question 16

stethocope

Answer 16

heart assessment equipment

Question 17

diagnosis

Answer 17

identifying the diseas

Question 18

sphygmomanometer

Answer 18

BP measuring machine

Question 19

achalasia

Answer 19

lower muscles of the oesophogas fail to relax preventing food from passing into the stomach

Question 20

hyperventilation

Answer 20

increased breathing

Question 21

hypoventilation

Answer 21

reduces breathing

Question 22

peritonsillar abscess

Answer 22

pus around the tonsils

Question 23

acyanosis

Answer 23

lack of blue

Question 24

tachypnea

Answer 24

fast breathing

Question 25

aphonia

Answer 25

unable to speak

Question 26

dyspnea

Answer 26

difficulty breathing

Question 27

hemoptysis

Answer 27

coughing blood

Question 28

Tuberculoma

Answer 28

abnormal growth due to TB infection

Question 29

rhinitis

Answer 29

inflammation of the nose

Question 30

empyema

Answer 30

collection of pus in the pleural cavity

Question 31

cyanosis

Answer 31

abnormal condition in which the skin and mucus membrane are bluish

Question 32

pneumonea/pneumonitis

Answer 32

inflammation of the lung

Question 33

bronchogenic carcinoma

Answer 33

malignant cancer of the lung

Question 34

atelectasis

Answer 34

collapse of the lung

Question 35

epiglottis

Answer 35

inflammation of the epiglotis

Question 36

laringitis

Answer 36

inflammation of the larynx

Question 37

tachycardia

Answer 37

fast heart rate

Question 38

retrosternal

Answer 38

behind the chest sternum

Question 39

cardiomyopathy

Answer 39

disease of the heart muscle

Question 40

vasculitis

Answer 40

inflammation of the blood vessels