Med term

Question 1

What is arthralgia?

Answer 1

Pain in a joint.

Question 2

What is dysmenorrhea?

Answer 2

Painful menstruation.

Question 3

What is hypertension?

Answer 3

Higher than normal blood pressure.

Question 4

What is tonsillitis?

Answer 4

Inflammation of the tonsils.

Question 5

What is hypotension?

Answer 5

Lower than normal blood pressure.

Question 6

What is gastralgia?

Answer 6

Pain in the stomach.

Question 7

What is gastritis?

Answer 7

Inflammation of the stomach.

Question 8

What is gastroenteritis?

Answer 8

Inflammation of the stomach and small intestine.

Question 9

What is cyanosis?

Answer 9

Abnormal bluish color of the skin.

Question 10

What is poliomyelitis?

Answer 10

Inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord.

Question 11

What is an appendectomy?

Answer 11

Surgical removal of the appendix.

Question 12

What is gastrosis?

Answer 12

Disease of the stomach.

Question 13

What is mycosis?

Answer 13

Abnormal condition caused by fungus.

Question 14

What is a colostomy?

Answer 14

Surgical creation of an artificial excretory opening from the colon to the outside of the body.

Question 15

What is hemorrhage?

Answer 15

Abnormal loss of blood.

Question 16

What is lithotomy?

Answer 16

Surgical incision to remove a stone.

Question 17

What is myoplasty?

Answer 17

Surgical repair of a muscle.

Question 18

What is pyrosis?

Answer 18

Abnormal burning of esophagus from stomach acid (heartburn).

Question 19

What is neurorrhaphy?

Answer 19

Suturing together the ends of a severed nerve.

Question 20

What is angiography?

Answer 20

A radiographic study of blood vessels.

Question 21

What is diarrhea?

Answer 21

Loose, watery flow of stool.

Question 22

What is myorrhexis?

Answer 22

Rupture of a muscle.

Question 23

What is arteriosclerosis?

Answer 23

Abnormal hardening of artery walls.

Question 24

What is an erythrocyte?

Answer 24

Mature red blood cell.

Question 25

What is abdominocentesis?

Answer 25

Surgical puncture of abdominal cavity to remove fluid.

Question 26

What is endarterial?

Answer 26

Pertaining to interior of an artery.

Question 27

What is a dermatologist?

Answer 27

Physician specializing in disorders of the skin.

Question 28

What is a fissure?

Answer 28

Crack in the skin.

Question 29

What is edema?

Answer 29

Swelling.

Question 30

What is inflammation?

Answer 30

Localized response to injury.

Question 31

What is a fistula?

Answer 31

Abnormal passage between two organs or between an organ and the body surface.

Question 32

What is an infection?

Answer 32

Invasion of body by pathogenic organism.

Question 33

What is interstitial?

Answer 33

Between, but not within, parts of tissue.

Question 34

What is intramuscular?

Answer 34

Within the muscle.

Question 35

What is myelopathy?

Answer 35

Pathological change/disease relating to spinal cord.

Question 36

What is hepatomegaly?

Answer 36

Abnormal enlargement of the liver.

Question 37

What is a laceration?

Answer 37

Skin wound from a cut.

Question 38

What is a lesion?

Answer 38

Pathological change to tissue.

Question 39

What is natal?

Answer 39

Pertaining to birth.

Question 40

What is malaise?

Answer 40

General feeling of discomfort.

Question 41

What is myopathy?

Answer 41

Pathological change/disease related to muscle tissue.

Question 42

What is neonatology?

Answer 42

Study pertaining to newborn.

Question 43

What is palpitation?

Answer 43

Pounding or racing of the heart.

Question 44

What is otorhinolaryngology?

Answer 44

Study of ears, larynx, and throat.

Question 45

What is pathology?

Answer 45

Study of disease.

Question 46

What is palpation?

Answer 46

Examination technique utilizing examiner’s hand.

Question 47

What are phalanges?

Answer 47

Bones of fingers and toes.

Question 48

What is pyoderma?

Answer 48

Pus-forming, bacterial skin infection.

Question 49

What is triage?

Answer 49

Medical screening to determine priority of treatment.

Question 50

What is supination?

Answer 50

Rotating the arm so palm is forward/upward.

Question 51

What is suppuration?

Answer 51

Formation/discharge of pus.

Question 52

What is supracostal?

Answer 52

Above or outside the ribs.

Question 53

What is trauma?

Answer 53

Wound or injury.

Question 54

What is viral?

Answer 54

Pertaining to a virus.