L 5 Analyze & Define

Question 1

achromatosis

Answer 1

the condition of being without natural pigmentation

Question 2

agnosia

Answer 2

inability to recognize or comprehend sights, sounds, words, or other sensory information

Question 3

amniography

Answer 3

radiography of the fetus for abnormalities after injection of a water-soluble contrast medium into the amniotic sac

Question 4

anaphylaxis

Answer 4

sudden, severe, allergic reaction against something

Question 5

anoxia

Answer 5

absence of oxygen, complete oxygen deprivation

Question 6

aphemia

Answer 6

aphasia in which patients know what they want to say but cannot say it because of their inability to coordinate the muscles controlling speech

Question 7

ascus

Answer 7

a saclike spore case in which ascospored, typically eight, are formed

Question 8

barylaxia

Answer 8

indistinct, husky speech due to imperfect articulation resulting from a disorder of the central nervous system

Question 9

bradylexia

Answer 9

abnormal slowness of reading that cannot be attributed to lack of intelligence

Question 10

cholemesis

Answer 10

bile in the vomitus

Question 11

chromophobia

Answer 11

a persistent, irrational fear of colors and is usually a conditioned response

Question 12

dermatophyte

Answer 12

a fungal parasite thay grows in or on the skin

Question 13

diaphragmitis

Answer 13

inflammation of the diagphragm

Question 14

dipsophobia

Answer 14

a phobia of drinking, especially alcohol

Question 15

dysacousia

Answer 15

difficulty in hearing

Question 16

dysmnesia

Answer 16

any impairment to memory

Question 17

echogram

Answer 17

the record obtained by use of ultrasonography

Question 18

edema

Answer 18

swelling in a local or generalized area in the body where tissues contain an excessive amount of fluid in the interstitial spaces

Question 19

emetic

Answer 19

an agent that produces vomiting

Question 20

hypophrenia

Answer 20

below average intelligence before the age of 18

Question 21

lalopathology

Answer 21

the science of speech disorders and pathology

Question 22

laparocholecystotomy

Answer 22

obsolete term for cholecystotomy (incision of the gallbladder)

Question 23

leikopoiesis

Answer 23

a form of hematopoiesis where white blood cells are formed

Question 24

logagnosia

Answer 24

type of aphasia in which words are seen but not identified with respect to their meaning

Question 25

monophasia

Answer 25

inability to utter anything but one word or phrase repeatedly

Question 26

myelopoiesis

Answer 26

development of bone marrow or formation of cells derived from bone marrow

Question 27

neostomy

Answer 27

surgical formation of artificial opening into an organ or between two organs

Question 28

nephremphraxis

Answer 28

obstruction in the renal vessels

Question 29

osteophyte

Answer 29

a bony outgrowth, usually branched in shape

Question 30

oxyacusis

Answer 30

abnormal sensitivity to sound, especially when hearing is abnormally acute

Question 31

oxyesthesia

Answer 31

abnormal acuteness of sensation

Question 32

paracentesis

Answer 32

the perforation of a cavity of the body or of a cyst or similar outgrowth, especially with a hollow needle to remove fluid or gas

Question 33

paranoid

Answer 33

pertaining to or resembling paranoia

Question 34

paraphemia

Answer 34

partial aphasia in which the patient uses wrong words, or uses words in wrong and senseless combinations

Question 35

parorexia

Answer 35

an abnormal craving for unusual foods

Question 36

periphrenitis

Answer 36

inflammation of the structures around the diaphragm

Question 37

phage

Answer 37

a virus that infects and lyses bacteria

Question 38

phagocytosis

Answer 38

a three-stage process in which phagocytes engulf and destroy harmful microorganisms

Question 39

phoniatrics

Answer 39

the medical study of the voice and treatment of its disorders

Question 40

phrenicotomy

Answer 40

cutting of the phrenic nerve to immobilize a lung by inducing paralysis of one side

Question 41

physical

Answer 41

pertaining to nature or material things

Question 42

physiognosis

Answer 42

diagnosis of disease based on a study of facial appearance or bodily habitus

Question 43

polyphrasia

Answer 43

extreme talkativeness

Question 44

psychochromesthesia

Answer 44

color sensation produced by the stimulus of a sense organ other than that of vision

Question 45

saprobe

Answer 45

any organism living on decayed or dead organic matter

Question 46

saprophyte

Answer 46

any organism living on decaying or dead organic matter

Question 47

stearodermia

Answer 47

a disease of the sebaceous glands of the skin

Question 48

steatoma

Answer 48

a fatty tumor

Question 49

tachyphasia

Answer 49

excessive volubility or rapidity of speech, as seen in mania and some other psychotic illnesses

Question 50

toxophylaxin

Answer 50

a substance that neutralizes bacterial toxins