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Medical Term
Pharmacology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| If I haven’t been brushing my teeth often enough, I may end up with bleeding from my gums, a condition called | gingivitis |
| A patient has had a diagnosis of colon cancer and will need surgical removal of the colon. She will end up with a permanent hole in her abdomen for drainage into a bag. The permanent opening is called a | colostomy |
| You have been having chronic pains in your upper abdomen, and your family physician refers you to a specialist in diseases of the digestive tract called a | gastroenterologist |
| You have just been diagnosed as having an enlarged liver. The doctor describes it as | hepatomegaly |
| You have taken your friend to the emergency room with severe lower back pain and blood in his urine. After examination and lab tests, the physician reports that your friend has an inflammation of his kidneys and makes a diagnosis of | nephritis |
| Your friend who is a long distance runner is told by his physician that he has an enlarged heart, but that this can be a normal finding in well conditioned athletes. The doctor writes on his chart that your friend has | cardiomegaly |
| Your mother is having her uterus surgically removed along with her ovaries. Removal of ovaries is called | oophorectomy |
| A patient has become sterile due to chronic inflammation of her uterine tubes from frequent infection with sexually transmitted diseases. This tubal inflammation is called | salpingitis |
| A patient with epilepsy has had a procedure performed that records brain electrical activity. This procedure is called | electroencephalography |
| A female patient has a special X-ray procedure of the breasts performed. The X-ray image is called a | mammogram |
| Pericarditis is a term describing inflammation of | the tough sac surrounding the heart |
| A physician who specializes in diagnosis of diseases of the heart is a called a | cardiologist |
| A recording of the electrical activity of the heart is termed | electrocardiogram |
| Bradycardia is a term describing an | abnormally slow heart rate |
| Which of the following cells gives the red color to the blood? | erythrocytes |
| Inflammation of veins is termed | phlebitis |
| Permanent damage to heart muscle due to a blocked artery is termed | myocardial infarct |
| The medical technician who draws blood from a vein for laboratory tests is called a | phlebotomist |
| A physician determines that the heart murmur (abnormal heart sound) in a patient is caused by narrowing of a heart valve passageway. The term for this condition is | stenosis |
| CHALLENGE QUESTION: Read through this final question carefully. You will have to recall three different word parts and then identify a term you have never been presented. You can do it! A hemangioma means | a tumor of blood vessels |
| Meningitis refers to | inflammation of the membranes around the brain |
| Neuropathy is a term describing | a noninflammatory disease of nerves |
| A meningomyelocele describes | herniation of both protective membranes and spinal cord |
| Aphasia is a term defining difficulty or loss of ability to | speak |
| Which of the following procedures involves injecting a radioactive element into a patient’s vein that may mark the presence of a tumor? | A brain scan |
| A baby is born without a brain. The diagnosis would be | anencephalic |
| A patient may have a brain tumor, and the physician decides to use a procedure that will give the highest resolution of imaging soft tissues. He gives orders for | magnetic resonance imaging |
| A tumor of the protective membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord is called a/an | meningioma |
| A patient suddenly has difficulty speaking and her right arm feels stiff and weak. After four hours, she has complete return of normal speech and movement. This patient most likely suffered a/an | transient ischemic attack |
| CHALLENGE QUESTION! (Thought you already had one?) The following question requires that you know three word parts, and the parts do not come in the usual order. You can do it! Abnormal or lack of development of part of the spinal cord is termed | myelodysplasia |
| An emetic drug would have which of the following actions? | Induce vomiting |
| Introduction of a fiberoptic instrument through the abdominal wall for diagnostic purposes is called | laparoscopy |
| Surgical removal of an inflamed gallbladder containing stones is termed | cholecystectomy |
| Cirrhosis is a condition involving | degeneration of the liver |
| The guaiac test is used to determine presence of | blood in the stool |
| You read in a medical report that a patient had a proctoscopic examination. You conclude that the physician will be looking for, among other possibilities, a tumor in the | rectum |
| Dysphagia is a term describing difficult, painful or abnormal | swallowing |
| A patient from a car accident has a swollen belly and the surgeon suspects bleeding into the abdomen. He/she will puncture the belly and drain any fluid looking for blood. This procedure is termed | abdominocentesis |
| If I have GERD, I have | severe ‘heartburn’ |
| CHALLENGE QUESTION! The following question has multiple word parts, some from previous modules. Take it apart piece by piece. Make me proud! Cholangioenterostomy describes a procedure that | surgically creates a passageway between the gallbladder duct to the intestine. |
| An emetic drug would have which of the following actions? | Induce vomiting |
| Introduction of a fiberoptic instrument through the abdominal wall for diagnostic purposes is called | laparoscopy |
| Surgical removal of an inflamed gallbladder containing stones is termed | cholecystectomy |
| Cirrhosis is a condition involving | degeneration of the liver |
| The guaiac test is used to determine presence of | blood in the stool |
| You read in a medical report that a patient had a proctoscopic examination. You conclude that the physician will be looking for, among other possibilities, a tumor in the | rectum |
| Dysphagia is a term describing difficult, painful or abnormal | swallowing |
| A patient from a car accident has a swollen belly and the surgeon suspects bleeding into the abdomen. He/she will puncture the belly and drain any fluid looking for blood. This procedure is termed | abdominocentesis |
| If I have GERD, I have | severe ‘heartburn’ |
| CHALLENGE QUESTION! The following question has multiple word parts, some from previous modules. Take it apart piece by piece. Make me proud! Cholangioenterostomy describes a procedure that | surgically creates a passageway between the gallbladder duct to the intestine. |
| Surgical reconstruction or cosmetic alteration of the nose is termed | rhinoplasty |
| A faster than normal respiratory rate of breathing is termed | tachypnea |
| Hemoptysis is a term describing | coughing up blood from the lungs |
| A patient with a foreign body trapped in a lung passageway would be a candidate for which of the following procedures? | Bronchoscopy |
| Patients with pneumonia often find it difficult or painful to take deep breaths. The term for this is | dyspnea |
| A special procedure to examine the blood vessels of the lungs by X-ray is called | pulmonary angiography |
| A tracheostomy is a procedure involving | a permanent opening cut into the trachea |
| Epistaxis is the term for | a nosebleed |
| Frequently after surgery involving general anesthetic, a patient may not void urine for a period of time, because the kidneys have stopped producing urine. This usually temporary condition is termed | anuria |
| Presence of a kidney “stone” is termed | nephrolithiasis |
| A specialist in diseases of the lower urinary tract, bladder and urethra, is called a | urologist |
| Nephrolithotomy is the term for | removing a kidney stone |
| The term for scanty or less than normal urine formation is | oliguria |
| A procedure that allows a physician to look into the bladder and examine its interior is termed a | cystoscopy |
| Surgical fixation or return and attachment of a kidney dislodged during an auto accident would be termed | nephropexy |
| A lab report comes back to a physician documenting numerous erythrocytes in the urine specimen. The term for this is | hematuria |
| Surgical repair of hypospadias using the foreskin of the head of the penis would be termed | balanoplasty |
| Cancer of the testicle usually requires its surgical removal. This procedure is termed | orchidectomy |
| A hydrocele defines | a clear fluid filled sac partially surrounding the testis |
| The surgical procedure performed to relieve partial obstruction of the male urethra due to an enlarged gland at the base of the bladder is called a | TURP |
| Cryptorchidism refers to | an undescended testicle (not in scrotum) |
| A male with testosterone deficiency may most likely be treated with which of the following agents to restore and maintain normal sexual function? | androgenic |
| Surgical implantation of an undescended testicle into the scrotum and anchoring it in its correct anatomical position is termed | orchidopexy |
| Inflammation of the head of the penis is termed | balanitis |
| Hematosalpinx is a term describing | blood in a uterine tube |
| Surgical reconstruction of the vagina would be termed | colpoplasty |
| Dyspareunia is the term for painful, difficult or abnormal | intercourse |
| A hysterosalpingo-oophorectomy is the term for surgical removal of the | uterus, uterine tubes and ovaries |
| A woman who has two children, but had four pregnancies would be noted on her chart as | gravida 4, para 2 |
| Mammoplasty refers to | surgical reconstruction of a breast |
| Oligomenorrhea refers to | scanty, less than normal menstrual flow |
| Difficult, complicated, labor and delivery is termed | dystocia |
| A patient requires surgery to restore and reattach the uterus back in its normal anatomical position because of uterine prolapse into the vagina. This procedure is termed | hysteropexy |
| CHALLENGE QUESTION! The following question requires you to draw upon word elements in the current module and word elements from previous modules to identify a term never presented.A herniation or prolapse of the urinary bladder into the vagina would be te | colpocystocele |
| Hematosalpinx is a term describing | blood in a uterine tube |
| Surgical reconstruction of the vagina would be termed | colpoplasty |
| Dyspareunia is the term for painful, difficult or abnormal | intercourse |
| A hysterosalpingo-oophorectomy is the term for surgical removal of the | uterus, uterine tubes and ovaries |
| A woman who has two children, but had four pregnancies would be noted on her chart as | gravida 4, para 2 |
| Mammoplasty refers to | surgical reconstruction of a breast |
| Oligomenorrhea refers to | scanty, less than normal menstrual flow |
| Difficult, complicated, labor and delivery is termed | dystocia |
| A patient requires surgery to restore and reattach the uterus back in its normal anatomical position because of uterine prolapse into the vagina. This procedure is termed | hysteropexy |
| CHALLENGE QUESTION! The following question requires you to draw upon word elements in the current module and word elements from previous modules to identify a term never presented.A herniation or prolapse of the urinary bladder into the vagina would be te | colpocystocele |
| Arthroplasty describes | surgical reconstruction of a joint |
| Tenorrhaphy is the term describing | surgically suturing a torn tendon |
| If your arthritis has noticeably worsened and pain and swelling no longer is controlled with high dose aspirin, your family physician would most likely refer you to a | rheumatologist |
| Soft, rubbery bones due to inadequate calcium deposition related to vitamin D deficiency would be termed | osteomalacia |
| The term for painful, aching muscles is | myalgia |
| Myasthenia gravis involves | severe muscular weakness |
| When weight-lifters exercise regularly their muscles become stronger and the increase in muscular size is due to | hypertrophy |
| Chondrocytes are cells found in | cartilage |
| A bone marrow tumor is termed | myeloma |
| A form of dwarfism results from achondroplasia, a term meaning | lack of normal cartilage development |
| A procedure to evaluate concentration of an injected radioactive element in bone to localize a possible tumor is termed | bone scan |
| Inflammation of the shock absorber-like structure protecting a tendon sliding over a bone is termed | bursitis |
| Glossitis defines inflammation of the | tongue |
| A colostomy describes | a permanent opening connecting colon and abdomen |
| Hepatomegaly is a term describing | enlargement of the liver |
| Cholelithiasis is a term for | stones in the gallbladder |
| An inflammatory disease of the inner, lining layer of the heart is termed | endocarditis |
| Puncturing the chest wall (thorax) to drain fluid is termed | thoracocentesis |
| A procedure involving withdrawing a blood sample from a vein is called | phlebotomy |
| Blocked blood flow to heart muscle which results in pain and death of cardiac tissue which the patient may not survive is called | myocardial infarct |
| A tumor of the membranes surrounding the brain is termed | meningioma |
| An encephalocele is | herniation of brain tissue out of the skull |
| Anencephalic defines | born without a brain |
| Hematuria define | blood in the urine |
| Which of the following procedures involves surgical removal of kidney stones? | nephrolithotomy |
| Which of the following terms defines inflammation of the collecting system of the kidneys? | pyelonephritis |
| Pulmonary angiography is a procedure involving | an X-ray procedure to image the blood vessels of the lungs |
| Total arrest and cessation of breathing is termed | apnea |
| Tachypnea is the term for | faster than normal rate of breathing |
| Inflammation of the muscular layer of the uterus is termed | myometritis |
| Surgical attachment of the uterus to the abdominal wall is termed | laparohysteropexy |
| Surgical suturing of a uterine tube is termed | salpingorrhaphy |
| Orchiditis is the term for inflammation of a/an | testis |
| Surgical fixation or attachment of a testicle in the scrotum as a treatment for undescended testis is termed | orchidopexy |
| The procedure for penetrating the abdominal wall in order to observe contents with a fiberoptic instrument is termed | aparoscopy |
| A tumor of fat tissue is termed a | lipoma |
| Which of the following is the term for a bone marrow tumor? | myeloma |
| Which term defines painful joints? | arthralgia |
| Osteomalacia is the term for | softening of the bones |
| Inflammation of muscles is termed | myositis |
| Eclampsia is defined as a condition developing in a pregnant woman characterized by | hypertension, seizures and coma. |
| Peritonitis is the term for inflammation of | the lining membrane of the abdominal cavity |
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