Vocab

Question 0

Neurorrhaphy

Answer 0

Suturing together the ends of a severed nerve

Question 1

Gastroenteritis

Answer 1

Inflammation of the stomach and small intestines

Question 2

Tonsillitis

Answer 2

Inflammation of the tonsils

Question 3

Abdominocentesis

Answer 3

Surgical puncture of the abdominal cavity to remove fluid

Question 4

Acronym

Answer 4

A word formed from the initial letter of the major parts of a compound word.

Question 5

Acute

Answer 5

Condition has a rapid onset coarse and a relatively short duration

Question 6

Angiography

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The process of producing an x ray of blood vessels

Question 7

Appendectomy

Answer 7

Surgical removal of the appendix

Question 8

Arteriosclerosis

Answer 8

Abnormal hardening of the arteries

Question 9

Arthralgia

Answer 9

Pain in the joints

Question 10

Colostomy

Answer 10

Surgical incision into the colon between the colon and the body surface.

Question 11

Cyanosis

Answer 11

Blueish discoloration of the skin caused by a lack of oxygen levels

Question 12

Dermatologist

Answer 12

A physician who specializes in the skin

Question 13

Diarrhea

Answer 13

Frequent watery stool

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Edema

Answer 14

Swelling

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Endarterial

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Interior lining of an artery

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Eponym

Answer 16

A disease structure

Question 17

Erthrocyte

Answer 17

Red blood cells

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Fissure

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A groove or crack in the skin

Question 19

Fistula

Answer 19

An abnormal passage between two organs

Question 20

Gastralgia

Answer 20

Stomach pain

Question 21

Gastritis

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Inflammation of the stomach

Question 22

Gastrosis

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Means any disease of the stomach

Question 23

Hemorrhage

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The loss of a large amount of blood in a short time

Question 24

Hepatomegaly

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Enlargement of the liver

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Hypertension

Answer 25

High blood pressure

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Hypotension

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Low blood pressure

Question 27

Infection

Answer 27

Invasion of the Body by a pathogenic organism

Question 28

Inflammation

Answer 28

Localized response to injury or to the destruction of tissue

Question 29

Interstitial

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Between banal within the parts of a tissue

Question 30

Intramuscular

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With in the muscle

Question 31

Laceration

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A torn or jagged wound or accidental cut wound

Question 32

Lesion

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A pathologic change of tissue due to disease or injury.

Question 33

Mycosis

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abnormal condition or disease caused by fungus.

Question 34

Myelopathy

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Describes any pathological change or disease in the spinal cord.

Question 35

Myopathy

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Pathologic change or disease of muscle tissue

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Myorrhexis

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Rupture of a muscle

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Natal

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Birth

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Neonatology

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Study of disorders in the newborn

Question 39

Otorhinolaryngology

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Study of the nose larynx and throat

Question 40

Palpating

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Examination with hands used to feel texture, size, consistency and location of certain body parts

Question 41

Palpitation

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Pounding or racing heart beat

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Pathology

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Study of all aspects of disease

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Phalanges

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Bones in the fingers and toes

Question 44

Poliomyelitis

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Viral infection of gray matter of the spinal cord

Question 45

Prognosis

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Prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder

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Pyoderma

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inflammatory, pus, bacterial skin infection

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Pyrosis

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Discomfort due to regurgitation of stomach acid( acid reflex)

Question 48

Remission

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disappearance of the symptoms

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Sign

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Objective evidence (fever)

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Supination

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Palm of the hand facing up

Question 51

Suppurations

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Formation or discharge or pus

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Supracoastal

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Means below a rib

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Symptom

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Subjective (pain/headache)

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Syndrome

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Set of signs and symptoms that occur together as part of a specific disease

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Trauma

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Wound or injury

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Triage

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Medical screening to determine proper place of treatment

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Viral

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Pertaining to a disease