Vocab List 7

Question 0

Purulent

Answer 0

Containing pus

Question 1

Pulmonologist

Answer 1

Someone who studies the respiratory system

Question 2

Communicable Disease

Answer 2

Disease transmitted from one person to another

Question 3

Immunity

Answer 3

Being protected from a particular disease

Question 4

Autoclave

Answer 4

Equipment for sterilizing articles by steam under pressure and/or dry heat

Question 5

Isolation

Answer 5

Method of caring for people with communicable diseases

Question 6

Quarantine

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Prophylaxis

Answer 7

Prevention of disease or agent that acts to prevent disease

Question 8

Placebo

Answer 8

An inert substance given as a medicine for it’s suggestive effects

Question 9

Impetigo

Answer 9

Highly contagious bacterial infection of the skin

Question 10

Contamination

Answer 10

Containing infection or infectious germs

Question 11

Polydipsia

Answer 11

Excessive thirst

Question 12

Lesion

Answer 12

Wound, injury or pathologic change in body tissue

Question 13

Dispense

Answer 13

To prepare and distribute medications

Question 14

Ergonomics

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Dysphagia

Answer 15

Difficulty swallowing

Question 16

Hyperemesis

Answer 16

Excessive vomiting

Question 17

PASS

Answer 17

Steps to use a fire extinguisher: 
P: pull
A: aim
S: squeeze
S: sweep

Question 18

Hypertrophy

Answer 18

To grow or cause to grow abnormally large

Question 19

Bronchospasm

Answer 19

Spasmodic contraction of bronchial smooth muscle