Terms

Question 1

acronym

Answer 1

A word formed from the initial letters of the major parts of a compound term.

Question 2

acute

Answer 2

describes a condition that has a rapid onset, a severe course, and a relative short duration.

Question 3

diagnosis

Answer 3

is the identification of a disease.

Question 4

edema

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describes swelling caused by excess fluid in the body tissues.

Question 5

eponym

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is a disease, structure, operation, or procedure named for the person who first discovered or described it.

Question 6

erythrocyte

Answer 6

is a mature red blood cell.

Question 7

fissure

Answer 7

is a groove or crack-like sore of the skin. This term also describes normal folds in the contours of the brain.

Question 8

hemorrhage

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is the loss of a large amount of blood in a short time.

Question 9

infection

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is the invasion of the body by a disease producing organism.

Question 10

inflammation

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is a localized response to an injury or destruction of tissues. The indications of an inflammation are redness, heat, swelling, and pain.

Question 11

laceration

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is a torn, ragged wound.

Question 12

lesion

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is a pathologic change of the tissues due to disease or injury.

Question 13

pathology

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is the study of all aspects of diseases.

Question 14

prognosis

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is a prediction of the probable course and outcome of a disorder.

Question 15

remission

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is the temporary, partial, or complete disappearance of the symptoms of a disease without having achieved a cure.

Question 16

sign

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is objective evidence of disease such as a fever.

Question 17

symptom

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is evidence of a disease, such as pain or a headache that can only be evaluated by the patient.

Question 18

syndrome

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is a set of the signs and symptoms that occur together as part of a specific disease process.

Question 19

trauma

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is a wound or injury.

Question 20

triage

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is the medical screening of patients to determine their relative priority of need and the proper place of treatment.