L 1 Analyze & Define

Question 1

abiosis

Answer 1

absence of life

Question 2

acanthosis

Answer 2

increased thickness of the prickle layer of the skin

Question 3

allostery

Answer 3

alteration of regulatory site on a protein that changes shape and activity; ability of a factor to bind to a site on an enzyme other than its substrate-binding site

Question 4

analgesic

Answer 4

relieving pain

Question 5

analgia

Answer 5

insensitivity to pain

Question 6

angiostenosis

Answer 6

narrowing of a vessel

Question 7

antibiotic

Answer 7

destructive to life

Question 8

antitoxin

Answer 8

antibody produced in response to a specific biologic toxin

Question 9

arteriostosis

Answer 9

calcification of an artery

Question 10

arthritides

Answer 10

inflamed joints

Question 11

arthritis

Answer 11

inflammation of the joints, often accompanied by pain

Question 12

arthrosclerosis

Answer 12

stiffening or hardening of the joints

Question 13

arthrosteitis

Answer 13

inflammation of the bony structures of a joint

Question 14

biotoxin

Answer 14

toxin produced by or found in a living organism

Question 15

bradycardia

Answer 15

abnormally slow heartbeat

Question 16

diencephalon

Answer 16

second portion of the brain

Question 17

dysarthrosis

Answer 17

joint malfunction or deformity

Question 18

ectocardia

Answer 18

displacement of the heart

Question 19

encephalagia

Answer 19

deep-seated head pain

Question 20

encephalomalacia

Answer 20

softening of brain tissue, usually caused by insufficient blood supply or inflammation

Question 21

endoneurium

Answer 21

delicate connecctive tissue sheath that surrounds nerve fibers within a fasciculus

Question 22

endosteum

Answer 22

the membrane lining the marrow cavity of a bone

Question 23

endostoma

Answer 23

osseous tumor within a bone

Question 24

endotoxin

Answer 24

toxin present inside bacterial cell that is released when it disintegrates

Question 25

epicardium

Answer 25

serous membrane on the surface of the myocardium , visceral layer of the pericardial membranes

Question 26

epicranium

Answer 26

soft tissue covering the cranium

Question 27

erythrocytosis

Answer 27

documented increase of red cell mass

Question 28

erythroprospalgia

Answer 28

neuropathy marked by redness and pain in the face

Question 29

exocardia

Answer 29

congenitally abnormal position of the heart

Question 30

exotoxin

Answer 30

toxin released by a living bacterial cell into its surrounding

Question 31

hemialgia

Answer 31

pain in half of the body

Question 32

hypalgesia

Answer 32

a lessened sensitivity to pain

Question 33

hyperalgesia

Answer 33

an excessive sensitivity to pain

Question 34

leptocephalia

Answer 34

having an abnormally vertically elongated narrow skull

Question 35

leukotoxin

Answer 35

toxin that destroys leukocytes

Question 36

lithiasis

Answer 36

presence of stones in the body

Question 37

malacosteon

Answer 37

softening of the bones

Question 38

megalocystis

Answer 38

permanent abnormal enlargement of the urinary bladder

Question 39

mesocardia

Answer 39

location of the heart in the midline of the thorax, normal in fetal stage but malposition after birth

Question 40

nephrolithiasis

Answer 40

kidney stone, presence of calculi (stones) in the body

Question 41

nephrosclerosis

Answer 41

hardening of connective tissue of the kidneys

Question 42

neuritis

Answer 42

inflammation of a nerve

Question 43

ostalgia

Answer 43

pain in a bone

Question 44

osteometry

Answer 44

measurement of bones and their relationships within the skeleton

Question 45

osteomalacia

Answer 45

abnormality of new bone formation causing bones to become increasingly soft, flexible, and deformed

Question 46

pericarditis

Answer 46

inflammation of the pericardium, marked by chest pain and fever

Question 47

perinephrium

Answer 47

connective and fatty tissue surrounding a kidney

Question 48

periosteum

Answer 48

fibrous membrane that forms the covering of bones

Question 49

prosponeuralgia

Answer 49

paroxysmal shooting pains of the facial area around trigeminal nerve

Question 50

protobiology

Answer 50

study or microorganisms smaller than bacteria

Question 51

scleriasis

Answer 51

progressive hardening of the skin or eyelid

Question 52

stenocephaly

Answer 52

narrowness of the cranium in one or more diameters

Question 53

sterology

Answer 53

study of three-dimensional aspects of objects

Question 54

synalgic

Answer 54

pertaining to or mared by referred pain

Question 55

toxicosis

Answer 55

disease due to poisoning