Chapter 1 _ Basic Medical Terms

Question 1

Diagnosis

Answer 1

State of complete knowledge

Question 2

Prognosis

Answer 2

state of forward knowledge

Question 3

Sign

Answer 3

objective evidence of the disease

Question 4

Symptoms

Answer 4

subjective evidence of the disease (only seen/ known by the patient)

Question 5

Syndrome

Answer 5

A group of signs and symptoms that appear together

Question 6

Acronym

Answer 6

A word formed by combining the initial letters of a multipart name

Question 7

Abbreviation

Answer 7

A shortened form of a word or phrase used to represent the full form

Question 8

Eponyom

Answer 8

One whose name is or is thought to be the source of the name of something

Question 9

Acute disease

Answer 9

Rapid, severe, and relatively short duration

Question 10

Chronic disease

Answer 10

Lasting for a long period of time, may be controlled, but almost never cured

Question 11

Relapse

Answer 11

A return of a disease or its symptoms after partial recovery from it

Question 12

Exacerbation

Answer 12

An increase in the severity of the disease or its symptoms

Question 13

Remission

Answer 13

Disappearance of the symptoms of the disease

Question 14

Differential diagnosis

Answer 14

Attempts to determine which one of several diseases may be producing the symptoms

Question 15

Sarcoma

Answer 15

A cancerous tumor of fleshy tissues

Question 16

Carcinoma

Answer 16

A cancerous tumor of epithelial tissue

Question 17

Malignant

Answer 17

A cancerous tumor that spreads like fire

Question 18

Benign

Answer 18

A non-cancerous tumor that does not spread

Question 19

Benign

Answer 19

A non-cancerous tumor that does not spread

Question 20

Myocardial Infarction (MI)

Answer 20

Death of the heart muscle (Heart attack)

Question 21

Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)

Answer 21

Cerebrovascular_ Blood vessel of the largest part of the brain
Stroke

Question 22

Ischemia

Answer 22

A condition in which blood supply is held back from a part of the body