Unit 2 Med Term (Part 1)

Question 1

Albinism

Answer 1

Congenital absence of pigment in the skin, hair, and eyes, caused by absence or defect of tyrosinase, an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of tyrosine, a precursor of melanin

Question 2

Albino

Answer 2

A person affected with a congenital absence of normal pigmentation in the body caused by a defect in melanin precursors

Question 3

Aspiration

Answer 3

The removal of fluids or gases from a cavity by the application of suction; drawing in or out as by suction

Question 4

Bacteria

Answer 4

Unicellular microorganisms classified by shape

Question 5

Biology

Answer 5

The science that deals with the phenomena of life from the living body

Question 6

Bioterrorism

Answer 6

The use of pathogenic biological agents to cause terror in a population

Question 7

Blepharal

Answer 7

Pertaining to the eyelid

Question 8

Calculi

Answer 8

Abnormal stones formed in body tissues usually associated with the urinary tract (kidney stones) or gallbladder or its ducts

Question 9

Carcinogenesis

Answer 9

The origin of cancer

Question 10

Dystrophy

Answer 10

Faulty nutrition

Question 11

Fungi

Answer 11

Microorganisms that feed by absorbing organic molecules from their surroundings

Question 12

Hemolysin

Answer 12

A substance that causes destruction of red blood cells

Question 13

Hemolysis

Answer 13

Destruction of red blood cells that results in the liberation of hemoglobin

Question 14

Hemolytic

Answer 14

Pertaining to, characterized by, or producing hemolysis

Question 15

Hemolyze

Answer 15

To subject to or to undergo hemolysis

Question 16

Histology

Answer 16

The study of the minute structure, composition, and function of the tissues

Question 17

Lactase

Answer 17

An enzyme that breaks down lactose. A deficiency of this enzyme may result in symptoms of lactose intolerance

Question 18

Ophthalmopathy

Answer 18

Any disease of the eye

Question 19

Osteitis

Answer 19

Inflammation of the bone

Question 20

Phagocyte

Answer 20

Any cell that ingests something else. The term usually refers to polymorphonuclear leukocytes, macrophages, and monocytes

Question 21

Protozoa

Answer 21

Simplest organisms of the animal kingdom. A few protozoa cause disease in humans

Question 22

Pryomaniac

Answer 22

One affected with compulsion to set fires

Question 23

Tonsilitis

Answer 23

Inflammation of the tonsils, especially the palatine tonsils

Question 24

Toxicologist

Answer 24

One who specializes in the study of poisons

Question 25

Virulence

Answer 25

The degree of pathogenicity of a microorganism; the competence of an agent to produce pathologic effects

Question 26

Virus

Answer 26

One of a group of minute infectious agents, characterized by a lack of independent metabolism and by the ability to replicate only within living hosts cells

Question 27

Xanthoderma

Answer 27

A yellow coloration of the skin

Question 28

Lactose

Answer 28

Milk sugar

Question 29

Metastasis

Answer 29

The spread of cancer cells to locations distant from their original site