wotd

Question 1

cardiomegaly

Answer 1

cardio + megaly
heart + big (enlarged)
enlarged heart

Question 2

echocardiogram

Answer 2

echo + cardio + gram
reflected sound + heart + record
ultrasound of the heart

Question 3

amniocentisis

Answer 3

amnio + centisis
fetal membrane + to puncture
take sample of amniotic fluid for testing

Question 4

cirrhosis

Answer 4

cirrh + osis
yellow + condition
yellowing of skin and white of eyes (caused by disease liver + scar tissue)

Question 5

hyperlipemia

Answer 5

hyper + lip + emia
high + lipid + blood
high amounts of fat in the blood

Question 6

latrogenic

Answer 6

Iatro + genic
healer + caused by
illness caused by treatment/examiner

Question 7

polymyositis

Answer 7

poly + myos + itis
many + muscle + inflammation
inflammation of muscles

Question 8

xerostomia

Answer 8

xero + stom/a + ia
dry + mouth + condition
dry mouth condition

Question 9

erythrocyte

Answer 9

erythro + cyte
red + cell
blood cell

Question 10

hematemesis

Answer 10

hemat/o + emesis
blood + vomiting
vomiting blood

Question 11

polydipsia

Answer 11

poly + dips + ia
many + thirst + condition
excess thirst

Question 12

histology

Answer 12

hist + ology
tissue + study of
study of tissue

Question 13

otorhinolaryngology

Answer 13

oto + rhino + laryngo + logy
ear + nose + throat + study of
study of diseases of the ear, nose, and throat

Question 14

arteriomalacia

Answer 14

arterio + malacia
artery + abnormal softening
softening of the arteries

Question 15

cyanosis

Answer 15

cyan + osis
blue + condition
bluing of skin (due to lack of blood circulation)

Question 16

dysphagia

Answer 16

dys + phag + ia
difficult/painful + eating + condition

Question 17

thrombus

Answer 17

blood clot

Question 18

necrosis

Answer 18

cell death

Question 19

atherosclerosis

Answer 19

athero + sclerosis
arteries + hard
hardened, narrowed arteries

Question 20

thoracotomy

Answer 20

thorac/o + tomy
chest + process of cutting
cut made in chest

Question 21

macroglossia

Answer 21

macro + gloss + ia
large + tongue + condition
large tongue condition

Question 22

thoractomy

Answer 22

thorac + tomy
chest + cut
cut in the chest

Question 23

polydactyly

Answer 23

poly + dactyl + y
many + finger/toes + condition

Question 24

bursitis

Answer 24

burs + itis
bur (thing behind the knee) + inflammation
bursa inflamation

Question 25

osteosarcoma

Answer 25

osteo + sarc + oma
bone + tissue + tumor
bone cancer

Question 26

nephrologist

Answer 26

nephro + ologist
kidney + specialist
kidney specialist

Question 27

diplopia

Answer 27

dipl + op + ia
double + vision + condition
double vision condition

Question 28

nociception

Answer 28

noci + ception
to cause pain/harm + layering
process to how we feel pain

Question 29

nephropexy

Answer 29

nephro + pexy
kidney + to put in place
fix kidney placement

Question 30

deuteroanopia

Answer 30

duetero + anopia
second + without sight
color deficiancy

Question 31

anesthesiologist

Answer 31

an + esthesio + logist
without + feeling + expert

Question 32

electromyography

Answer 32

electro + myo + graphy
electricity + muscle + processing of recording

Question 33

hyperalgesia

Answer 33

hyper + algesia
high + sensitivity to pain

Question 34

dystonia

Answer 34

dys + tonia
difficult + tone
difficulty in toning of muscles