Medical Terminology #1

Question 1

Angina

Answer 1

chest pain

Question 2

Anorexia

Answer 2

difficulty eating, leading to weight loss

Question 3

Aphasia

Answer 3

loss of speech

Question 4

Ataxia

Answer 4

difficulty walking

Question 5

Atrophy

Answer 5

weakness and wasting away.

Question 6

Bradycardia

Answer 6

reduced pulse rate; heart beat slows to less than 60 beats per minute

Question 7

Diplopia

Answer 7

double vision

Question 8

Dysphagia

Answer 8

difficulty swallowing

Question 9

Dysphasia

Answer 9

speech difficulty

Question 10

Dysphonia

Answer 10

difficulty talking

Question 11

Dyspnea

Answer 11

shortness of breath

Question 12

Dysuria

Answer 12

painful urination; difficulty urinating

Question 13

Ecchymosis

Answer 13

common term is a bruise; a blue to purple discoloration of the skin due to damage to the
underlying blood vessels; skin discoloration caused by the escape of blood into the tissues from ruptured
blood vessels.

Question 14

Edema

Answer 14

swelling

Question 15

Emesis

Answer 15

vomiting

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Epistaxis

Answer 16

nose bleed

Question 17

Hemoptysis

Answer 17

coughing or spitting up blood from the respiratory tract; bloody sputum.

Question 18

Leukocytosis

Answer 18

increase in the number of leukocytes (white blood cells)

Question 19

Leukopenia

Answer 19

an abnormal decrease in the number of white blood cells

Question 20

Myalgia

Answer 20

muscle pain

Question 21

Neuralgia

Answer 21

nerve pain; sharp, shooting pain along a nerve.

Question 22

Neutropenia

Answer 22

an abnormally low number of neutrophils

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Neutrophilia

Answer 23

a higher-than-normal number of neutrophils in the blood

Question 24

Palpation

Answer 24

an examination technique in which the examiner’s hands are used to feel the texture, size,
consistency, and location of certain body parts

Question 25

Palpitation

Answer 25

a pounding or racing heart.

Question 26

Parturition:

Answer 26

childbirth; the act of giving birth

Question 27

Petechiae

Answer 27

small pinpoint hemorrhages that are smaller versions of ecchymoses (bruises).

Question 28

Pruritus

Answer 28

itching; associated with most forms of dermatitis

Question 29

Purulent

Answer 29

means producing or containing pus. (adj: purulence)

Question 30

Pyrexia

Answer 30

fever; elevation of body temperature above normal

Question 31

Tachycardia

Answer 31

increased pulse rate; heart beat exceeds 100 beats per minute