Vocab List 6

Question 0

Forensic

Answer 0

Relating to the application of scientific knowledge to legal problems

Question 1

Contusion

Answer 1

Bruise

Question 2

Cicatrix

Answer 2

Scar

Question 3

Ataxia

Answer 3

Abnormal ability to coordinate movement

Question 4

Occult

Answer 4

Hidden; not visible

Question 5

Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy

Answer 5

Psychological condition where a person causes symptoms of illness in someone else to gain attention and sympathy from others

Question 6

Abscess

Answer 6

Collection of pus in the body isolated be damaged and inflamed tissue, usually caused by bacteria

Question 7

Toxin

Answer 7

Poison produced by a living organism

Question 8

Asymptomatic

Answer 8

Showing no subjective evidence of a disease or condition

Question 9

Mandated

Answer 9

Required by law or regulation

Question 10

Dehydration

Answer 10

Insufficient amounts of fluid in the tissues

Question 11

Embolus

Answer 11

Blood clot or mass of material circulating in blood vessels

Question 12

Histology

Answer 12

Study of tissues

Question 13

Antitussive

Answer 13

Agent that suppresses coughing

Question 14

Alzheimer’s Disease

Answer 14

Disease of nervous system whose symptoms are early senility

Question 15

Carcinogen

Answer 15

Substance that carries cancer when tissues are exposed to it

Question 16

Protocol

Answer 16

Precise detailed plan to study a biomedical problem or a regimen of therapy

Question 17

Autopsy

Answer 17

Surgical examination of the body after death

Question 18

Hemolysis

Answer 18

Break down of red blood cells

Question 19

Jurisprudence

Answer 19

Study of law and the legal system