CH.5 Hx, Problems, Complaints

Question 1

aphasia

Answer 1

inability to speak

a (not) + speaking (phas) + ia (condition)

Question 2

ataxia

Answer 2

lack of coordination

Question 3

catatonia

Answer 3

condition characterized by reduced muscle tone

cata (down) + ton (muscle) + ia (tone)

Question 4

delirium

Answer 4

brief loss of mental function

“to plow outside the furrow”

Question 5

dementia

Answer 5

loss in mental function

de (down) + ment (mind) + ia (condition)

Question 6

dyskinesia

Answer 6

difficulty moving

dys (bad) + kinesia (movement)

Question 7

dyslexia

Answer 7

difficulty reading

dys (bad) + lex (reading) + ia (condition)

Question 8

dysphasia

Answer 8

difficulty speaking

phas (speaking)

Question 9

dystonia

Answer 9

involuntary muscle movements

Question 10

myoclonus

Answer 10

muscle twitching

clonus (turmoil)

Question 11

myospasm

Answer 11

involuntary muscle contraction

Question 12

neurasthenia

Answer 12

nerve weakness

asthenia (weakness)

Question 13

somnambulism

Answer 13

sleep walking

ambul (walk) + ism (condition)

Question 14

syncope

Answer 14

fainting, loosing consciousness due to temp loss of blood flow to the brain

“to cut off / contraction”

Question 15

cephalagia

cephalodynia

Answer 15

head pain

Question 16

encephalagia

Answer 16

brain pain

Question 17

hemiparesis

Answer 17

paartial paralysis of half the body

paresis (partial paralysis) `

Question 18

hemiplegia

Answer 18

paralysis on half the body

plegia (paralysis)

Question 19

monoparesis

Answer 19

partial paralysis of one limb

paresis (partial paralysis)

Question 20

monoplegia

Answer 20

paralysis of one limb

Question 21

paralysis

Answer 21

complete loss of sensation and motor control

“disable”

Question 22

causalgia

Answer 22

painful sensation of burning

caus (burn)

Question 23

dysesthesia

Answer 23

bad feeling

dys (bad) + esthesia (sensation)

Question 24

hyperesthesia

Answer 24

over sensation

Question 25

parethesia

Answer 25

abnormal sensation

par (beside) + ethesia (sensation)

Question 26

peseudesthesia

Answer 26

false sensation

pseud (false) + esthesia ( sensation )

Question 27

synesthesia

Answer 27

condition where one sensation is experience as another

syn (together) + esthesia (sensation)

Question 28

agoraphobia

Answer 28

fear of outdoor spaces

agora (marketplace)