S/S Vocabulary Terms

Question 1

Dysphagia

Answer 1

Difficulty swallowing

Question 2

Dyspepsia

Answer 2

Indigestion

Question 3

Hemoptysis

Answer 3

Coughing up blood

Question 4

Pruritis

Answer 4

Itchy skin

Question 5

Menorrhagia

Answer 5

Abnormally heavy menstrual bleeding

Question 6

Apnea

Answer 6

absence of breathing

Question 7

Dyspnea

Answer 7

abnormally slow breathing

Question 8

Tachypnea

Answer 8

abnormally rapid breathing

Question 9

Claudication

Answer 9

leg cramps

Question 10

Glossitis

Answer 10

smooth, beefy red tongue

Question 11

Anorexia

Answer 11

loss of appetite

Question 12

Cheilitis

Answer 12

inflammation of the lips

Question 13

Paresthesia

Answer 13

burning or tingling, esp. in the hands, feet, arms and legs.

Question 14

Tinnitus

Answer 14

ringing in the ears

Question 15

Lhermitte’s sign

Answer 15

An electrical sensation that runs down the back and into the limbs

Question 16

Radicular pain

Answer 16

Pain that radiates along the spine into the limbs.

Question 17

Bradykinesia

Answer 17

Slowness of movement

Question 18

Dysarthria

Answer 18

Slowed or slurred speech

Question 19

Asystole

Answer 19

Absence of heart beat

Question 20

Bradycardia

Answer 20

Slow heart beat

Question 21

Tachycardia

Answer 21

Rapid heart beat

Question 22

Ataxia

Answer 22

The loss of full control of body movements

Question 23

Diplopia

Answer 23

Double vision

Question 24

Nystagmus

Answer 24

Repetitive movement of the eye

Question 25

Ptosis

Answer 25

Upper eyelid droop

Question 26

Anoxia

Answer 26

The absence of oxygen. Severe hypoxia.

Question 27

Hypoxia

Answer 27

Oxygen deficiency

Question 28

Cyanosis

Answer 28

Bluish coloration of the skin due to lack of oxygen.

Question 29

Miosis

Answer 29

Excessive constriction of the pupil.

Question 30

Borborygmus

Answer 30

Stomach growling

Question 31

Globus sensation

Answer 31

Feeling that there is a lump in your throat or that something is stuck in your throat.

Question 32

Hematemesis

Answer 32

Blood in the vomit (either bright red or coffee ground)

Question 33

Melena

Answer 33

Black, tarry stools (due to digested blood)

Question 34

Melena

Answer 34

Black, tarry stools (due to digested blood)

Question 35

Occult bleeding

Answer 35

Small amounts of blood in gastric secretions, vomit, or stool.

Question 36

Erythema

Answer 36

Reddening of the skin

Question 37

Pyrosis

Answer 37

Heartburn

Question 38

Stricture

Answer 38

Narrowing

Question 39

Steatorrhea

Answer 39

Fatty stools

Question 40

Grey Turner’s sign

Answer 40

Bluish discoloration on the flanks

Question 41

Cullen’s sign

Answer 41

Bluish discoloration in the periumbilicus area.

Question 42

Chvostek’s sign

Answer 42

The twitching of the facial muscles in response to tapping over the area of the facial nerve.

Question 43

Trousseau’s sign

Answer 43

Carpopedal spasm caused by inflating the blood-pressure cuff to a level above systolic pressure for 3 minutes.

Question 44

Pyurea

Answer 44

Puss in the urine

Question 45

Hematuria

Answer 45

Blood in the urine

Question 46

Anasarca

Answer 46

Whole body edema

Question 47

Oliguria

Answer 47

Production of abnormally small amounts of urine

Question 48

Uremia

Answer 48

Elevated levels of waste products in the urine