Exercises 1 Flashcards
Pertaining to drugs
pharmaceutical
specialist who treats mental disorders
psychiatrist
Drugs that relax vessels (arteries)
vasodilators
Fear of blood
haemophobia
Drug that lowers blood glucose level-agent
hypoglycaemic
Study of the mind
phrenology
Abnormal condition of the mind
psychosis
Blood poisoning
toxaemia
After a meal (in relation to terms used when describing medications) p.c. Means
postcibal or post cibum
Abnormal sexual attraction ot children
paedophilia
??? is a mood resembling mania but of a lesser intensity
hypomania
Disorder appearing in early childhood and only seen in females, with characteristic hand movements is
rett’s disorder
Having a morbid concern about one’s own health is called
hypochondriasis
An extreme fear of becoming obese with an aversion to food is
anorexia nervosa
A false belief or wrong judgement held with conviction despite incontrovertible evidence to the contrary is a
delusion
??? is a feeling of wellbeing, commonly exaggerated and not necessarily well founded
euphoria
Disorder characterised by manic episodes alternating with depressive episodes is
bipolar disorder
Extensive inability to remember important personal information is
dissociative amnesia
Sleep walking is known as
somnambulism
A false perception is a/an
illusion
Drug to treat; nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea
antidiarrhoeal
Drug to treat; fever
antipyretic
Drug to treat; urinary tract infection
antibiotic
Drug to treat; high blood pressure
ACE inhibitor
Drug to treat; headache
analgesic
Drug to treat; deep venous thrombosis
LWMH - Low molecular weight heparin
Drug to treat; adjustment disorder with depressed mood eg antianxiety and antipanic attacks agents
SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors)
Drug to treat; asthma
bronchodilator
Drug to treat; hayfever
antihistamine
Drug to treat; indigestion
antacid
