Clinical Terminology

Question 1

adhesion

Answer 1

joining together two normally separate surfaces

Question 2

allergy

Answer 2

body’s reaction to a foreign antigen

Question 3

anaphylaxis

Answer 3

abnormal reaction to a particular antigen with release of histamine

Question 4

antibody

Answer 4

type of blood protein which attacks antigens and renders them harmless

Question 5

antigen

Answer 5

substance that the body regards as foreign and produced antibodies against

Question 6

antioxident

Answer 6

substance which reduces the incidence of serious diseases

Question 7

atresia

Answer 7

congenital absence or abnormal narrowing of body opening

Question 8

atrophy

Answer 8

wastage of an organ

Question 9

contusion

Answer 9

bruise/ bleeding beneath the skin

Question 10

cortex

Answer 10

outer part of an organ

Question 11

dysphagia

Answer 11

difficulty swallowing

Question 12

dysphasia

Answer 12

difficulty speaking

Question 13

dysplasia

Answer 13

Abnormal development of skin, bone or tissue/ abnormal cells within an organ or tissue

Question 14

dystrophy

Answer 14

Abnormal development of an organ due to impaired nourishment/degeneration of an organ

Question 15

erosion

Answer 15

wearing away of tissue

Question 16

excise

Answer 16

Cut out surgically (tissue, organ or tumour)

Question 17

exudation

Answer 17

slow release of liquid usually as a result of inflammation

Question 18

febrile

Answer 18

relating to fever