13 Words

Question 1

caustic

Answer 1

burning or corrosive

Question 2

causalgia

Answer 2

burning pain

Question 3

eupnea

Answer 3

normal breathing

Question 4

fissure

Answer 4

cleft, groove, or split

Question 5

gerontology

Answer 5

study of the process and problems of aging

Question 6

gynecomastia

Answer 6

development of breast tissue in males

Question 7

inferior

Answer 7

situated below or located downward

Question 8

olfactory

Answer 8

pertaining to the sense of smell

Question 9

gynecology

Answer 9

the branch of medicine dealing with the functions and diseases of women

Question 10

pachydermia

Answer 10

abnormal thickness of skin

Question 11

diaphragm

Answer 11

“blocking across”, the partition of muscles and tendons between the chest cavity and the abdominal cavity

Question 12

posterior

Answer 12

at or toward the rear

Question 13

pseudopregnancy

Answer 13

false pregnancy

Question 14

schizophrenia

Answer 14

split mind, a mental disorder characterized by a separation (split) between thought processes and the emotions

Question 15

schizonychia

Answer 15

split nails

Question 16

ventral

Answer 16

pertaining to the front or belly side of the body

Question 17

vertigo

Answer 17

a sensation of dizziness, a feeling that things are whirling or turning about in a sickening manner

Question 18

inferolateral

Answer 18

situated below and to one side

Question 19

eucholia

Answer 19

normal bile

Question 20

ambisexual

Answer 20

pertaining to or affecting both sexes

Question 21

capitopedal

Answer 21

pertaining to the head and foot

Question 22

occipital

Answer 22

pertaining to the back of the head

Question 23

thermocautery

Answer 23

cauterization by means of a heated wire or point

Question 24

cardioclasis

Answer 24

literally a “broken heart”, actually rupture of the heart

Question 25

abduct

Answer 25

to move away from the midline of the body

Question 26

fissula

Answer 26

a little cleft

Question 27

inferocostal

Answer 27

below the ribs

Question 28

olfactophobia

Answer 28

morbid aversion to odors

Question 29

anorthopia

Answer 29

not straight vision, distorted vision

Question 30

leukoplakia

Answer 30

the development of white patches in the mouth

Question 31

posterosuperior

Answer 31

behind and above

Question 32

pseudopod

Answer 32

false foot

Question 33

urethrophraxis

Answer 33

blocking or obstruction of the urethra

Question 34

orthopedics

Answer 34

branch of surgery concerned with injuries and disorders of the musculoskeletal system

Question 35

geriatrics

Answer 35

the branch of medicine that deals with the diseases and hygiene of old age

Question 36

catheter

Answer 36

a "sending down", a slender tube inserted into a body cavity

Question 37

ambient

Answer 37

surrounding, on all sides