MT L-17

Question 1

bradycardia

Answer 1

a slow heart rate

Question 2

bruit-

Answer 2

a sound or murmur heard in auscultation (heard with stethoscope)

Question 3

calculus-

Answer 3

a stone; any abnormal concretion within the body

Question 4

chordee-

Answer 4

painful downward curvature of the penis on erection

Question 5

cataract-

Answer 5

opacity of the lens of the eye or its capsule or both

Question 6

cholecystectomy-

Answer 6

excision of the gall bladder

Question 7

cholecystitis-

Answer 7

inflammation of the gallbladder

Question 8

cholecystoduodenostomy-

Answer 8

surgical formation of a passage from the gallbladder to the duodenum

Question 9

cholecystostomy-

Answer 9

surgical formation of an opening into the gall bladder through the abdominal wall

Question 10

biopsy-

Answer 10

excision of small piece of living tissue for microscopic examination