medical words

Question 1

condition in which there is a loss or lack of memory

Answer 1

amnesia

Question 2

process of preventing conception

Answer 2

contraception

Question 3

process of transfusing a patient’s own blood

Answer 3

autotransfusion

Question 4

difficult or painful monthly menses flow

Answer 4

dysmenorrhea

Question 5

pertaining to the opposite sex

Answer 5

heterosexual

Question 6

state of balance maintained in the body’s internal environment

Answer 6

homeostasis

Question 7

scanty monthly menses flow/discharge

Answer 7

oligomenorrhea

Question 8

deficiency of all type of blood cells

Answer 8

pancytopenia

Question 9

false pregnancy

Answer 9

pseudocyesis

Question 10

process of a muscle drawing a body part away from the body

Answer 10

abduction

Question 11

one who or process of a muscle drawing a body part toward the body

Answer 11

adductor

Question 12

pertaining to the sac surrounding the heart

Answer 12

pericardial

Question 13

inflammation of the inner lining of the heart

Answer 13

endocarditis

Question 14

pertaining to the region above the stomach

Answer 14

epigastric

Question 15

pertaining to between the ribs

Answer 15

intercostal

Question 16

paralysis of the lower part of the body involving both legs

Answer 16

paraplegia

Question 17

excessive urination

Answer 17

polyuria

Question 18

paralysis involving all four extremities

Answer 18

quadriplegia

Question 19

paralysis of the right or left side of the body, i.e. stroke

Answer 19

hemiplegia

Question 20

pertaining to a condition that is without signs of jaundice

Answer 20

anicteric

Question 21

process of having two forks or branches

Answer 21

bifurcation

Question 22

pertaining to the muscles on the outside of the eye that control eye movement

Answer 22

extraocular

Question 23

excessive activity

Answer 23

hyperactive

Question 24

under development of a body part

Answer 24

hypoplasia

Question 25

condition of not being able to sleep

Answer 25

insomnia

Question 26

lying hidden; not active i.e TB

Answer 26

latent

Question 27

the hollow space within a body, tube or needle

Answer 27

lumen

Question 28

process of closing over time or being closed

Answer 28

occlusion

Question 29

wide open

Answer 29

patent

Question 30

pertaining to more than the normal number of finger and toes, i.e. birth defect

Answer 30

polydactyly

Question 31

pertaining to the time after surgery/ procedure

Answer 31

postprocedural

Question 32

process of a back flow of solids from the stomach to the mouth

Answer 32

regurgitation

Question 33

any change in the function of the body that indicates disease

Answer 33

symptom

Question 34

pertaining to a state in which a person is not aware of their surroundings

Answer 34

unconscious