TERMINOLOGY

Question 1

Constipation

Answer 1

A person has uncomfortable or infrequent bowel movements

Question 2

Digital clubbing

Answer 2

Deformity of finger nails associated with a number of diseases

Question 3

Diarrhea

Answer 3

Loose, watery, and possibly more frequent bowel movements

Question 4

Dysphagia

Answer 4

Difficulty/discomfort in swallowing

Question 5

Dyspnea

Answer 5

Difficult/labored breathing

Question 6

Fatigue

Answer 6

Extreme tiredness resulting from mental or physical exertion or illness

Question 7

Fever

Answer 7

Abnormally high body temperature, usually accompanied by shivering, headache, and sometimes delirium

Question 8

Ecchymosis

Answer 8

Discoloration of the skin resulting from bleeding underneath

Question 9

Haemoptysis

Answer 9

The coughing up of blood

Question 10

Malaise

Answer 10

A general feeling of discomfort, illness, or uneasiness whose exact cause is difficult to identify

Question 11

Melena

Answer 11

Dark sticky feces containing partly digested food

Question 12

Nocturia

Answer 12

Wake up during the night to urinate

Question 13

Platypnea

Answer 13

Shortness of breath that is worsened by being upright

Question 14

Polyuria

Answer 14

Production of abnormally large volumes of dilute urine

Question 15

Syncope

Answer 15

Temporary loss of consciousness caused by a fall in BP

Question 16

Edema

Answer 16

Observable swelling