Vocabulary set #5

Question 1

Anxiety

Answer 1

a nervous feeling or uneasiness

Question 2

Aphasia

Answer 2

loss of ability to understand or express speech

Question 3

Cataract

Answer 3

lense of the eye becomes cloudy; blurred vision

Question 4

Cerebral Vascular Accident

Answer 4

stroke

Question 5

Coping Mechanism

Answer 5

strategies used to manage stress and trauma

Question 6

Defense Mechanism

Answer 6

process initiated unconsciously to avoid conscious conflict or anxiety

Question 7

Delusion

Answer 7

hallucinations, you see it, but nobody else does

Question 8

Depression

Answer 8

Sadness or severe despondency or dejection

Question 9

Dialysis

Answer 9

The clinical purification of blood by dialysis as a substitute for the normal function of the kidney

Question 10

Glaucoma

Answer 10

A condition of increased pressure within the eyeball causing gradual loss of sight

Question 11

Hallucination

Answer 11

And experience involving the apparent perception of something not present

Question 12

Hepatitis

Answer 12

A disease characterized as inflammation of the liver

Question 13

Hemiplegia

Answer 13

Paralysis of one side of the body

Question 14

Hypoglycemia

Answer 14

Deficiency of glucose in the blood stream

Question 15

Hyperglycemia

Answer 15

An excess of glucose in the blood stream

Question 16

Paraplegia

Answer 16

Paralysis of the legs and lower body; typically caused by a spinal injury or disease

Question 17

Parkinson’s

Answer 17

Nervous system disease that affects your ability to control movement

Question 18

Quadriplegia

Answer 18

Paralysis from the neck down including the trunk, legs, and, arms

Question 19

Trans ischemic attack

Answer 19

Blood flow to part of the brain is blocked or reduced; often by a blood clot

Question 20

Urinary tract infection

Answer 20

An infection in any part of your urinary system