Medical Terminology
Global Health
Diseases & Conditions
Anatomy
Miscellaneous
100
Commonly referred to as an EEG, a patient scheduled for an echoencephalogram, will be undergoing a procedure that studies this part of the body.
What is the brain?
100
This respiratory illness, caused by a novel coronavirus, led to a global pandemic in 2019-2020 and prompted widespread public health measures.
What is the COVID-19 virus
100
Also known as the kissing disease, this term is medically known by another name.
What is mono?
100
This is the body's largest organ and serves as a protective barrier, regulating temperature and preventing dehydration.
What is the skin?
100
The full name of the national organization commonly referred to as MAPS, actually stands for this.
Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students
200
This term refers to the removal of a person's uterus
What is a hysterectomy?
200
This type of healthcare provider is often the first point of contact for general medical care and can diagnose, treat, and provide preventive care.
What is a primary care physician (PCP)?
200
Chromosomal variation observed in males, where an additional X chromosome is present leading to a karyotype of 47, XXY
What is Klinefelter Syndrome?
200
This organ system is responsible for supporting and protecting the body's internal organs and provides a framework for movement.
What is the skeletal system?
200
Personality tests, like this one seen here are viewed as unstructured and rely on ambiguous stimuli rather than verbal questions
What is the Rorschach test?
300
This autoimmune disease affects the joints, causing pain, stiffness, and swelling, and is commonly treated with anti-inflammatory medications.
What is rheumatoid arthritis?
300
This international medical humanitarian organization is dedicated to bringing medical care to people in crisis.
What is Doctors Without Borders?
300
A severe infectious ailment brought about by the spore-producing bacterium Bacillus anthracis
What is Anthrax?
300
This small, butterfly-shaped gland in the neck produces hormones that regulate metabolism, growth, and development.
What is the thyroid gland?
300
Often triggered during a medical emergency at a hospital, this color themed code goes off when an adult goes into either cardiac or respiratory arrest.
What is Code Blue?
400
The following prefix, root, and suffix, when placed together mean the presence of an excessive number of cells in the blood & or tissue
What is Hypercytosis
400
This entity, responsible for leading the largest ever response to a health crisis is led by Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
What is the World Health Organization?
400
A condition characterized by inadequate development of the brain, skull, and scalp. It belongs to a category of birth abnormalities known as neural tube defects
What is Anencephaly?
400
Seen here, this is one of the major bones in the lower half of most of our bodies
What is the tibia?
400
These stereoisomers have the same connectivity of atoms but differ in their spatial arrangement around one or more stereocenters. What is the term for such isomers?
What are diastereomers? (Stereoisomers with different spatial arrangements)
500
After successful treatment for testicular cancer, patients are often monitored with this type of medical imaging to detect any potential recurrence.
What is a CT Scan?
500
Found in sections 1866 and 1867 of the Social Security Act, this Act obligates hospitals to provide medical screenings, treatments and transfers of patients with emergency medical conditions.
What is the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act?
(EMTALA)
500
This health issue, distinguished by symptoms such as irritability, anxiety, depression, and emotional fluctuations occurs in the week leading up to menstruation.
What is Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)?
500
The phrase "it went down the wrong pipe" implies the existence of a "correct" pipe. Give us the name of the two pipes.
What is the trachea and esophagus?
500
Not related to Kylie or Kendall, Dr. Edward Jenner (seen below) is responsible for the first known vaccine that aimed to eradicate this virus
What is smallpox?