Chapter 3 - Medical Words

Question 1

Process of a muscle drawing a body part toward the body

Answer 1

adductor

Question 2

Process of a muscle drawing a body part away from the body

Answer 2

abduction

Question 3

Pertaining to more than the normal number of fingers and toes (i.e. birth defect)

Answer 3

polydactyly

Question 4

False pregnancy

Answer 4

pseudocyesis

Question 5

Deficiency of all types of blood cells

Answer 5

pancytopenia

Question 6

Scanty monthly menses flow/discharge

Answer 6

oligomenorrhea

Question 7

State of balance maintained in the body’s internal environment

Answer 7

homeostasis

Question 8

Difficulty of painful monthly menses flow

Answer 8

dysmenorrhea

Question 9

Process of transfusing a patient’s own blood

Answer 9

autotransfusion

Question 10

Process of preventing conception

Answer 10

contraception

Question 11

Condition in which there is a loss or lack of memory

Answer 11

amnesia

Question 12

Pertaining to a state in which a person is not aware of their surroundings

Answer 12

unconscious

Question 13

Any change in the function of the body that indicates disease

Answer 13

symptom

Question 14

Process of a backflow of solids from the stomach to the mouth

Answer 14

regurgitation

Question 15

Pertaining to the time after surgery/procedure

Answer 15

postprocedural

Question 16

Wide open

Answer 16

patent

Question 17

Process of closing over time or being closed

Answer 17

occlusion

Question 18

The hollow space within a body, tube, or needle

Answer 18

lumen

Question 19

Lying hidden; not active (i.e. TB)

Answer 19

latent

Question 20

Condition of not being able to sleep

Answer 20

insomnia

Question 21

Under development of a body part

Answer 21

hypoplasia

Question 22

Excessive activity

Answer 22

hyperactive

Question 23

Pertaining to the muscles on the outside of the eye that control eye movement.

Answer 23

extraocular

Question 24

Process of having two forks or brances

Answer 24

bifurcation

Question 25

Pertaining to a condition that is without signs of jaundice

Answer 25

anicteric

Question 26

Paralysis of the right or left side of the body (i.e. stroke)

Answer 26

hemiplegia

Question 27

Paralysis involving all four extremities

Answer 27

quadriplegia

Question 28

Excessive urination

Answer 28

polyuria

Question 29

Paralysis of the lower part of the body involving both legs.

Answer 29

paraplegia

Question 30

Pertaining to between the ribs

Answer 30

intercostal

Question 31

Pertaining to the region above the stomach

Answer 31

epigastric

Question 32

Inflammation of the inner lining of the heart

Answer 32

endocarditis

Question 33

Pertaining to the sac surrounding the heart

Answer 33

pericardial