Chapter 1 vocabulary (full terms)

Question 1

Abate

Answer 1

To lessen, ease, decrease, or cease.

Question 2

Abnormal

Answer 2

Pertaining to away from the norm or rule

Question 3

Acute

Answer 3

Sudden, sharp, severe

Question 4

Abscess

Answer 4

Localized collection of pus

Question 5

Adhesion

Answer 5

Process of being stuck together

Question 6

Afferent

Answer 6

Carrying impulses toward a center

Question 7

Ambulatory

Answer 7

Condition of being able to walk, no confined to bed

Question 8

Antipyretic

Answer 8

Pertaining to an agent used to lower elevated body temperature

Question 9

Antiseptic

Answer 9

Pertaining to an agent that works against sepsis; used to prevent or limit infections

Question 10

Antitussive

Answer 10

Pertaining to an agent that works against coughing

Question 11

Apathy

Answer 11

Condition in which one lacks feelings and emotions; indifference

Question 12

Asepsis

Answer 12

Without decay; sterile

Question 13

Autoclave

Answer 13

An apparatus that sterilizes instruments and items using steam under pressure

Question 14

Autonomy

Answer 14

Condition of being self-governed; to function independently

Question 15

Axillary

Answer 15

Pertaining to the armpit

Question 16

Biopsy

Answer 16

Surgical removal of a small piece of tissue for examination

Question 17

Cachexia

Answer 17

Condition of ill health

Question 18

Centrifuge

Answer 18

Laboratory device used to separate solids from liquids

Question 19

Chemotherapy

Answer 19

The use of chemical agents for the treatment of disease

Question 20

Chronic

Answer 20

Pertaining to time; denotes a disease with slow progression

Question 21

Diaphoresis

Answer 21

Profuse sweating

Question 22

Efferent

Answer 22

Carrying impulses away from a center

Question 23

Etiology

Answer 23

Study of the cause of disease

Question 24

Excision

Answer 24

Process of cutting out (surgical removal)

Question 25

Febrile

Answer 25

Pertaining to fever

Question 26

Heterogeneous

Answer 26

Pertaining to a different formation; composed of unlike substances

Question 27

Homogeneous

Answer 27

Composed of like substances

Question 28

Incision

Answer 28

Process of cutting into

Question 29

Macroscopic

Answer 29

Pertaining to objects large enough to be examined by the naked eye

Question 30

Malaise

Answer 30

A general feeling of discomfort

Question 31

Malformation

Answer 31

The process of being badly shaped, deformed. Structural defect that can affect function.

Question 32

Malignant

Answer 32

Literally means formation of a bad kind; growing worse, cancerous

Question 33

Maximal

Answer 33

Pertaining to the greatest possible quantity

Question 34

Microorganism

Answer 34

Small living organisms not visible to naked eye

Question 35

Necrosis

Answer 35

Abnormal condition of tissue death

Question 36

Neopathy

Answer 36

New disease

Question 37

Pallor

Answer 37

Paleness

Question 38

Palmar

Answer 38

Pertaining to the palm

Question 39

Paracentesis

Answer 39

Surgical puncture of body cavity

Question 40

Prognosis

Answer 40

State of foreknowledge; prediction of course of disease

Question 41

Prophylactic

Answer 41

Pertaining to preventing or protecting against disease or pregnancy.

Question 42

Pyrogenic

Answer 42

Pertaining to the production of heat; a fever

Question 43

Radiology

Answer 43

Study of x-rays

Question 44

Syndrome

Answer 44

Group of signs and symptoms occurring together that characterize a specific disease or condition

Question 45

Topography

Answer 45

Description of a body part in relation to the anatomic region in which it is located