vocab list #7

Question 1

Pulmonologist

Answer 1

someone who studies the respiratory system

Question 2

purulent

Answer 2

cona=taning pus

Question 3

communicbale disease

Answer 3

disease transmitted from one person to another

Question 4

Immunity

Answer 4

being protected from a partiicular disease

Question 5

autoclave

Answer 5

equipment for sterlizing articles by steam pressure/dry heat

Question 6

isolation

Answer 6

method of caring for people with communicable diseases

Question 7

quarantine

Answer 7

time that people or animals are kept in isolation to allow symptoms of disease to appear or ensure they are free from taxation

Question 8

prophylaxis

Answer 8

prevention of diease or agent that acts to prevent disease

Question 9

placebo

Answer 9

an inert substance given as medicine for its suggestive effects

Question 10

impetigo

Answer 10

highly contagious bacterial infection of the skin

Question 11

contamination

Answer 11

containing infection of infectious germs

Question 12

polydipsa

Answer 12

excessive thirst

Question 13

lesion

Answer 13

wound, injury, or pathologic change in body tissue

Question 14

dispense

Answer 14

to prepare and distribute medicine

Question 15

ergonomics

Answer 15

science used to promote safety and well-being of people by adapting the environmant and using techniques to prevent injury

Question 16

dysphagia

Answer 16

difficulty swallowing

Question 17

hyperemisis

Answer 17

excessive vomiting

Question 18

PASS

Answer 18

steps to use a fire extinguisher-

P- Pull
A- Aim
S- Squeeze
S- Spray

Question 19

hypertrophy

Answer 19

to grow or cause to grow abnormally large