Hard Med Terms

Question 1

iatrogenic

Answer 1

Adverse effects that result from treatment or intervention by a physician

Question 2

abdominocentesis (abdominal paracentesis)

Answer 2

A tube is placed through an incision in the abdomen and fluid id removed from the peritoneal cavity

Question 3

pleurodynia

Answer 3

Pain in the chest wall muscles that is aggravated by breathing

Question 4

osteomalacia

Answer 4

The softening of the bone

Question 5

necropsy

Answer 5

This is an autopsy or postmortem examination

Question 6

multiple myeloma

Answer 6

This malignant tumor occurs in the bone marrow tissue throughout the body

Question 7

erythropenia

Answer 7

Deficiency of red blood cells

Question 8

omphalocele

Answer 8

A herniation of the intestines through a weakness in the abdominal wall around the navel occurring in infants at birth

Question 9

hiatal hernia

Answer 9

Stomach protrudes upward into the mediastinum through the esophageal opening in the diaphragm

Question 10

inguinal hernia

Answer 10

part of the intestines protrude downward into the groin region and commonly into the scrotal sac in the male

Question 11

rectocele

Answer 11

The protrusion of a portion of the rectum toward the vagina

Question 12

cystocele

Answer 12

Part of the urinary bladder herniates through the vaginal wall as a result or weakness of the pelvic muscle

Question 13

euphoria

Answer 13

Feeling of well-beign

Question 14

malaise

Answer 14

This is a French word meaning discomfort

Question 15

pancytopenia

Answer 15

Deficiency of erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes

Question 16

relapse

Answer 16

A disease or its signs and symptoms return after an apparent reconvery

Question 17

remission

Answer 17

Signs and symptoms lessen and the patient feels better, spontaneously or through treatment

Question 18

HDN

Answer 18

Hemolytic disease of the newborn (aka erythroblastosis fetalis)…When the mother is Rh - and the embryo is Rh + and causes the mother to be sensitized to produce antibodies to the Rh+ antigen (affects later pregnancies)

Question 19

cholecystecomy

Answer 19

Removal of the galbladder

Question 20

cholelithiasis

Answer 20

Abnormal condition of stone or calculus in the gallbladder (gallstones)

Question 21

idiopathic

Answer 21

the etiology (cause) is not understood

Question 22

dysphagia

Answer 22

Difficulty swallowing

Question 23

Aphthous stomatitis

Answer 23

Inflammation of the mouth with small, painful ulcers (canker sores)