MEDICAL TERMS

Question 1

Lack of oxygen in body tissue

Answer 1

ANOXIA

Question 2

Thickening if the ends of the fingers and toes

Answer 2

CLUBBING

Question 3

Tightening of the bronchial muscles which causes the tubes ti contract

Answer 3

BRONCHOSPASM

Question 4

Difficulty in breathing while lying down

Answer 4

ORTHOPNEA

Question 5

Unusual accumulation of fluid from the blood in peritoneal cavity

Answer 5

ASCITES

Question 6

significant weight and muscle loss; also known as the “wasting syndrome”

Answer 6

CACHEXIA

Question 7

Crying and irritability in babies; pain caused by indigestion

Answer 7

COLIC

Question 8

Difficulty in swallowing

Answer 8

DYSPHAGIA

Question 9

heartburn; burning sensation in the upper abdomen

Answer 9

PYROSIS

Question 10

Vomiting of blood

Answer 10

HEMATEMESIS

Question 11

bright red or maroon colored blood in stools

Answer 11

HEMATOCHEZIA

Question 12

Black sticky stool caused by the bleeding of upper gastrointestinal tract

Answer 12

MELENA

Question 13

Fats in feces

Answer 13

STEATORRHEA

Question 14

Extreme hunger

Answer 14

POLYPHAGIA

Question 15

Extreme urination/urine production

Answer 15

POLYURIA

Question 16

Excessive thirst

Answer 16

POLYDIPSIA

Question 17

Involuntary passing of urine

Answer 17

ENURESIS

Question 18

Excessive urination at night

Answer 18

NOCTURIA

Question 19

Not enough urine production

Answer 19

OLIGURIA

Question 20

Brain disorder caused by the damage of the brain cebter response for controlling the language/speech

Answer 20

APHASIA

Question 21

Inability to make or produce sound

Answer 21

APHONIA

Question 22

Insufficient supply of oxygen throughout the body; soffucation

Answer 22

ASPHYXIA

Question 23

Bringing the swallowed or partially digested food from the stomach into the mouth

Answer 23

REGURGITATION

Question 24

Inflammation of the nasal passages; common cold

Answer 24

CORYZA

Question 25

Seeing two images of a single object; double vission

Answer 25

DIPLOPIA

Question 26

Mild or partial paralysis

Answer 26

PARESIS

Question 27

Complete paralysis

Answer 27

PLEGIA

Question 28

Bleeding from the nose; nosebleed

Answer 28

Epistaxis

Question 29

Redness of the skin

Answer 29

ERYTHEMA

Question 30

Protusion of eyeballs

Answer 30

EXOPHTHALMUS

Question 31

Limp or weak muscular tone

Answer 31

FLACCID

Question 32

Containing or producing pus

Answer 32

PURULENT

Question 33

Containg blood

Answer 33

SANGUINOUS

Question 34

Unconcious for a short time due to reduced blood flow to the brain

Answer 34

SYNCOPE

Question 35

Eye focus on different points

Answer 35

STRABISMUS

Question 36

Sticking or clinging to something/surface

Answer 36

TENACIOUS

Question 37

Dizziness caused by a malfunction of the sense of balance

Answer 37

VERTIGO

Question 38

Skin reaction due to allergy to injections; hives

Answer 38

URTICARIA

Question 39

physically demonstrable symptoms of meningitis

Answer 39

BRUDZINSKI'S SIGN

Question 40

Spasm in hands and feet caused by lack of calcium; sign of latent tetany, showing that the blood contains too little calcium

Answer 40

CARPOPEDAL SPASM/TROUSSEUS'S SIGN

Question 41

spasm is produced if the facial muscles are tapped

Answer 41

CHVOSTEK'S SIGN

Question 42

Excess bile pigment in the blood deposited in the skin

Answer 42

JAUNDICE

Question 43

Sudden and involuntary contraction of the diaphragm and intercostal muscles; Hiccup

Answer 43

SINGULTUS

Question 44

Rapid and involuntary movement of the eyes

Answer 44

NYSTAGMUS

Question 45

Drooping of the upper eyelid which makes the eye stay half-closed

Answer 45

PTOSIS

Question 46

Expectoration of blood from the lower respiratory tract to the alveoli

Answer 46

HEMOPTYSIS

Question 47

failure of the lungs to expand properly

Answer 47

ATELECTASIS

Question 48

Death of tissues in the body due to lack f blood flow

Answer 48

GANGRENE

Question 49

excessive sweating

Answer 49

DIAPHORESIS

Question 50

Body temperature rises above the normal range; fever

Answer 50

PYREXIA

Question 51

Discomfort during urination

Answer 51

DYSURIA

Question 52

Loss of appetite

Answer 52

ANOREXIA

Question 53

Blood pooling inside the body

Answer 53

HEMATOMA