MEDICAL CONDITIONS
JOBS IN HEALTHCARE
VOCABULARY
STUDYING MEDICINE
"FUN" FACTS
100

Cancer most frequently diagnosed in men.

What is Prostate Cancer?
100

use x-ray machines, ultrasound machines, magnetic resonance scanners, positron emission scanners, and other technologically advanced machines to help diagnose and treat illnesses and injuries under the direction of a physician

What is an X-Ray Technician?

100

Common name for a cerebrovascular blood clot.

What is a stroke?

100

This test is required if you plan on going to med school.

What is the MCAT?

100

Cosmetic surgeons remove 200,000 pounds of this from American annually.

What is fat?

200

Along with heart disease and cancer, this accounts for 64% of U.S. deaths.

What is stroke?

200
The full name of an RN.

What is a Registered Nurse?

200

The full name for the abbreviation SIDS.

What is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome?

200

You're a doctor, but still getting on the job training. 

What is a resident?

200
Your body does this when your diaphragm spasms.

What are hiccups?

300

Leukemia sufferers have too many of this.

What are leukocytes?
300

Type of provider that can help patients who are mentally, emotionally, or physically disabled adjust to handicaps and regain abilities to perform daily living and self-care skills.

What is an Occupational Therapist?

300

The medical term for a heart attack.

What is a myocardial infarction?

300

This test is required to become a registered nurse.

What is the NCLEX?

300

We often call the itchy skin condition on the tinea pedis this.

What is athlete's foot?

400

Oncology focuses primarily on this.

What is cancer?

400

Position of someone who is in charge of enforcing government regulations and advise and educate clients

What is a sanitarian (or environmental health specialist)

400

S-word describing "a lateral curvature of the spine."

What is Scoliosis?

400

DVM stands for this.

What is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine?

400

CPR is an abbreviation for this.

What is Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation?

500

This hereditary blood defect is often referred to as "the royal disease".

What is Hemophilia?

500

Clinical technologist who studies human body cells.

What is a cytotechnologist?

500

Medical term for low blood sugar.

What is hypoglycemia?

500

This type of doctor treats elderly patients.

What is a geriatrician?

500

The British Press hilariously called Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy this in 1996 (double points, this is worth 1,000)

What is Mad Cow Disease?

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