Nervous Terminology

Question 1

Anorexia

Answer 1

a lack or loss of appetite for food (as a medical condition).
an emotional disorder characterized by an obsessive desire to lose weight by refusing to eat.

Question 2

Aphasia

Answer 2

loss of ability to understand or express speech, caused by brain damage.

Question 3

Biliary

Answer 3

of or relating to bile or the bile duct.

Question 4

Cholecystojejunostomy

Answer 4

refers to the surgical formation of a passage between the gallbladder and the jejunum.

Question 5

Deglutition

Answer 5

the action or process of swallowing.

Question 6

Diplopia

Answer 6

technical term for double vision.

Question 7

Jaundice

Answer 7

a medical condition with yellowing of the skin or whites of the eyes, arising from excess of the pigment bilirubin and typically caused by obstruction of the bile duct, by liver disease, or by excessive breakdown of red blood cells.

Question 8

Jejunojejunostomy

Answer 8

An anastomosis between two portions of the jejunum

Question 9

Metastasis

Answer 9

the development of secondary malignant growths at a distance from a primary site of cancer.
a metastatic growth.
plural noun: metastases

Question 10

Pruritus

Answer 10

severe itching of the skin, as a symptom of various ailments.

Question 11

Stroke

Answer 11

a sudden disabling attack or loss of consciousness caused by an interruption in the flow of blood to the brain, especially through thrombosis.

Question 12

Vertigo

Answer 12

a sensation of whirling and loss of balance, associated particularly with looking down from a great height, or caused by disease affecting the inner ear or the vestibular nerve; giddiness.

Question 13

Adenocarcinoma

Answer 13

a malignant tumor formed from glandular structures in epithelial tissue.