Medical Terms I-R

Question 1

Infection

Answer 1

Invasion of the body by a pathogenic organism

Question 2

Inflammation

Answer 2

A localized response to an injury or destruction of tissues

Question 3

Interstitial

Answer 3

Between, but not within, the parts of a tissue

Question 4

Intramuscular

Answer 4

Within the muscle

Question 5

Laceration

Answer 5

A torn or jagged wound or an accidental cut

Question 6

Lesion

Answer 6

A pathological change of tissues due to disease or injury

Question 7

Malaise

Answer 7

A feeling of general discomfort or uneasiness that is often the first indication of an infection or other disease

Question 8

Mycosis

Answer 8

Any abnormal condition or disease caused by a fungus

Question 9

Myelopathy

Answer 9

Any injury, degeneration or disease in the spinal cord

Question 10

Myopathy

Answer 10

Any pathological change or disease of muscle tissue

Question 11

Myorrhexis

Answer 11

Tearing of a muscle

Question 12

Natal

Answer 12

Pertaining to birth

Question 13

Neonatology

Answer 13

The study of disorders of the newborn

Question 14

Neurorrhaphy

Answer 14

Suturing together the ends of a severed nerve

Question 15

Otorhinolaryngology

Answer 15

Study of the ears, nose, and throat

Question 16

Palpation

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Palpitation

Answer 17

A pounding or racing heart

Question 18

Pathology

Answer 18

The study of all aspects of diseases

Question 19

Phalanges

Answer 19

The bones of fingers and toes

Question 20

Poliomyelitis

Answer 20

A viral infection of the gray nerve tissue of the spinal cord

Question 21

Prognosis

Answer 21

A prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disease

Question 22

Pyoderma

Answer 22

Any acute, inflammatory, pus-forming bacterial skin infection such as impetigo

Question 23

Pyrosis

Answer 23

Discomfort due to the regurgitation of stomach acid upward into the esophagus

Question 24

Remission

Answer 24

The temporary, partial, or complete disappearance of the symptoms of a disease without having achieved a cure