Vocabulary

Question 1

Bruxism

Answer 1

the involuntary or habitual grinding of the teeth, typically during sleep.

Question 2

Dysphagia

Answer 2

difficulty or discomfort in swallowing, as a symptom of disease.

Question 3

Dysarthria

Answer 3

difficult or unclear articulation of speech that is otherwise linguistically normal.

Question 4

Odynophagia

Answer 4

Pain on swallowing food and fluids, a symptom often due to disease of the esophagus. From the Greek roots odyno-, pain + -phagia, from phagein, to eat.

Question 5

Dysesthesia

Answer 5

“dys” not normal, “aesthesis” sensation

Question 6

Suppurative

Answer 6

Pus forming,

Question 7

Trismus

Answer 7

limited mouth opening

Question 8

Coryza

Answer 8

from greek “running at the nose”

Question 9

parenchyma

Answer 9

the functional tissue of an organ as distinguished from the connective and supporting tissue

Question 10

Anasarca

Answer 10

Extreme generalized edema
Ana; up
sarx: flesh

Question 11

Dyscrasia

Answer 11

Roots: dys: bad kras: mixing

a malfunction or abnormal condition, especially an imbalance of the constituents of the blood