Med Term Ch 1

Question 0

Acronym

Answer 0

Words that stand for something else

Question 1

Abdominocentesis

Answer 1

Surgical puncture of the abdomen

Question 2

Acute

Answer 2

Small

Question 3

Angiography

Answer 3

Medical imaging of blood vessels

Question 4

Appendectomy

Answer 4

Removal of the appendix

Question 5

Arteriosclerosis

Answer 5

Hardening of the arteries

Question 6

Arthralgia

Answer 6

Joint pain

Question 7

Colostomy

Answer 7

A surgical opening that the large intestine comes out of the abdomen

Question 8

Cyanosis

Answer 8

When the skin turns purple/blue

Question 9

Dermatologist

Answer 9

Someone who studies the skin

Question 10

Diagnosis

Answer 10

Medical what is happening to someone

Question 11

Diarrhea

Answer 11

Loose or watery stool

Question 12

Edema

Answer 12

Swelling of organs

Question 13

Endarterial

Answer 13

Within the artery

Question 14

Eponym

Answer 14

A disease named after the doctor who discovered it

Question 15

Erythrocyte

Answer 15

White blood cells

Question 16

Fissure

Answer 16

A rip in the anus

Question 17

Fistula

Answer 17

Abnormal connection between the organs

Question 18

Gastralgia

Answer 18

Stomach ache

Question 19

Gastritis

Answer 19

Swelling of the stomach

Question 20

Gastroenteritis

Answer 20

Inflammation if the stomach and the intestines

Question 21

Gastrosis

Answer 21

Abnormalities of the stomach

Question 22

Hemorrhage

Answer 22

Excessive bleeding

Question 23

Hepatomegaly

Answer 23

Enlarged liver

Question 24

Hypertension

Answer 24

High blood pressure

Question 25

Hypotension

Answer 25

Low blood pressure

Question 27

Infection

Answer 27

Germs in the body

Question 28

Inflammation

Answer 28

Swelling

Question 29

Interstitial

Answer 29

Intramuscular

Question 30

Palpation

Answer 30

Using your hands to examine someone

Question 31

Palpitation

Answer 31

Abnormal heartbeat

Question 32

Pathology

Answer 32

The study of disease

Question 33

Phalanges

Answer 33

The study of disease

Question 34

Poliomyelitis

Answer 34

A viral disease of the nerves

Question 35

Prognosis

Answer 35

Course of a disease

Question 36

Pyroderma

Answer 36

Skin disease

Question 37

Pyrosis

Answer 37

Heart burn

Question 38

Remission

Answer 38

After a long period of being sick

Question 39

Sign

Answer 39

The

Question 40

Sign

Answer 40

Medical symptoms of what is wrong

Question 41

Supination

Answer 41

Moving upward

Question 42

Suppuration

Answer 42

Bacteria that causes pus

Question 43

Supracostal

Answer 43

Outside of the ribs

Question 44

Symptom

Answer 44

What a person is telling you is wrong

Question 45

Syndrome

Answer 45

Symptoms commonly found together

Question 46

Tonsillitis

Answer 46

Swelling of the tonsils

Question 47

Trauma

Answer 47

An emotional response to an event

Question 48

Triage

Answer 48

Taking in order of urgency

Question 49

Viral

Answer 49

A virus that spreads

Question 50

Laceration

Answer 50

Cut

Question 51

Intramuscular

Answer 51

Taking place in a muscle

Question 52

Laceration

Answer 52

A deep cut or tear in the skin

Question 53

Lesion

Answer 53

An injured or diseased part of an organ

Question 54

Malaise

Answer 54

A feeling of discomfort or illness

Question 55

Mycosis

Answer 55

A disease caused by an infection with a fungus such as ringworm

Question 56

Myelopathy

Answer 56

Disease of the spinal cord

Question 57

Myopathy

Answer 57

A disease if the muscle tissue

Question 58

Myorrhexis

Answer 58

The tearing of a muscle

Question 59

Natal

Answer 59

Place and time of ones birth

Question 60

Neonatology

Answer 60

Pediatric care of new borns

Question 61

Neurorrhaphy

Answer 61

Surgical suturing of a divided nerve

Question 62

Otorhinolaryngology

Answer 62

Nose, ears, eyes, and throat doctor