glossary

Question 1

ACHALASIA

Answer 1

failure of relaxation of smooth muscle fibers

Question 2

ACHLORHYDRIA

Answer 2

absence of hydrochloric acid secretion by stomach

Question 3

ACUTE

Answer 3

relatively serious and severe; having a brief course

Question 4

ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS

Answer 4

an acute nonsuppurative inflammatory disease of all glomeruli of both kidneys

Question 5

ADENOCARCINOMA

Answer 5

malignant tumor arising in glandular epithelium

Question 6

ADENOMA

Answer 6

benign tumor arising in glandular epithelium

Question 7

ADHESION

Answer 7

ability to remain together; also, scar tissue joining two parts usually separate

Question 8

AGENESIS

Answer 8

failure of formation of a body part

Question 9

ALLERGY

Answer 9

altered capacity to react, especially in regard to foreign protein

Question 10

AMYLOIDOSIS

Answer 10

a disease characterized by extracellular deposition in connective tissue of a carbohydrate-protein material, amyloid

Question 11

ANAPHYLAXIS

Answer 11

exaggerated or unusual reaction of the organism to foreign protein

Question 12

ANASARCA

Answer 12

accumulation of fluid in cellular tissues of body; diffuse edema

Question 13

ANEMIA

Answer 13

reduction or deficiency of blood either in quantity or in quality

Question 14

ANEURYSM

Answer 14

sac full of blood formed by dilation of the walls of an artery or vein

Question 15

ANGINA

Answer 15

choking or suffocating sensation or pain

Question 16

ANGIOMA

Answer 16

tumor of blood vessels

Question 17

ANTHRACOSIS

Answer 17

pneumoconiosis or lung-dust disease due to inhalation of coal pigment; coal pigmentation

Question 18

ANTIBODY

Answer 18

new protein produced by organism in response to foreign protein or other material combining with protein, i.e., antigen

Question 19

ANTIGEN

Answer 19

foreign protein or material capable of combining with protein which causes body to form a new protein, the antibody

Question 20

ANURIA

Answer 20

absence of urine production