Part 3 (cont')

Question 1

polyp

Answer 1

a growth of mass protruding from mucous membrane

Question 2

prognosis

Answer 2

prediction of the cause/outcome of disease

Question 3

prophylactic treatment

Answer 3

treatment that intends to protect a person from an attack of a disease that he has been or is liable to be exposed

Question 4

prosthesis

Answer 4

artificial replacement for a missing body part

Question 5

quadriplegia

Answer 5

paralysis of all the limbs and trunks

Question 6

radical

Answer 6

to treat aggressively

Question 7

remission

Answer 7

reduction of disease symptoms

Question 8

sarcoma

Answer 8

malignant tumor composed of cell derived from connective tissue (bone, cartilage, muscle)

Question 9

seizure

Answer 9

sudden change in behavior die to excessive electrical activity in the brain

Question 10

SICU

Answer 10

surgical intensive care unit

Question 11

sign

Answer 11

objective evidence of disease that could be observed or tested

Question 12

staging

Answer 12

process of classifying malignant tumor for diagnosis, treatment and prognosis

Question 13

systemic

Answer 13

pertaining to the whole body

Question 14

symptoms

Answer 14

subjective evidence of disease that is experienced by a patient

Question 15

thrombus

Answer 15

a blood clot that obstructs circulation

Question 16

TKVO

Answer 16

to keep vein open

Question 17

trauma

Answer 17

a physical or psychological wound

Question 18

ventilation

Answer 18

mechanical movement of air moving in and out of the lung

Question 19

ventilator

Answer 19

devices that moves air into the lungs and allow passive expiration

Question 20

tracheotomy

Answer 20

a tube inserted into a trachea opening to provide a bypass of the airway structure above larynx