Vocab List 3

Question 0

Palpitation

Answer 0

Forcible or irregular pulsation of the heart felt by the patient

Question 1

Infection

Answer 1

Contamination of disease-producing germs

Question 2

Ambulatory

Answer 2

Able to walk

Question 3

Febrile

Answer 3

Pertaining to a fever

Question 4

Afebrile

Answer 4

Without a fever

Question 5

Rale

Answer 5

Bubbling or noisy sound caused by fluid or mucus in the air passages

Question 6

Pallor

Answer 6

Paleness, lack of color

Question 7

Noninvasive

Answer 7

Performing a procedure without penetrating the body

Question 8

Asphyxia

Answer 8

Suffocation

Question 9

Anatomy

Answer 9

Study of the structure of an organism

Question 10

Physiology

Answer 10

Study of the function of a living organism

Question 11

Agglutination

Answer 11

Clumping of foreign cells

Question 12

Exudate

Answer 12

Fluid, pus or cells that have escaped from blood vessels into the tissue

Question 13

Serum

Answer 13

Amber-colored fluid that exudes from clotted blood as a clot shrinks

Question 14

Lymph

Answer 14

Thin watery fluid that forms when plasma diffuses into tissue spaces

Question 15

Acuity

Answer 15

Sharpness or clearness

Question 16

Dementia

Answer 16

Organic loss of intellectual function

Question 17

Dentition

Answer 17

Natural teeth of the mouth

Question 18

Gingiva

Answer 18

Gums of the mouth