What's the Diagnosis?
A patient has inflammation of the skin. Give the medical term.
What is dermatitis?
Build a medical term meaning inflammation of a joint.
What is arthritis?
Decode dermatitis.
What is inflammation of the skin?
The abbreviation Bx represents this diagnostic procedure.
What is a biopsy?
A medical term begins with sub-. Where should you expect the structure to be located?
What is under/below another structure?
A patient has abnormal hair loss. Give the medical term.
What is alopecia?
Build a medical term meaning pain in a muscle.
What is myalgia?
Decode ostealgia.
What is bone pain?
The abbreviation EMG refers to a test that evaluates the electrical activity of these structures.
What are muscles?
A patient injured a structure connecting bone to bone rather than muscle to bone. Which structure was injured?
What is a ligament?
A patient's skin appears bluish because of inadequate oxygenation. Give the medical term for this finding.
What is cyanosis?
Build a medical term meaning surgical repair of a joint.
What is arthroplasty?
Decode polyarthritis.
What is inflammation of many joints?
This imaging test uses a magnetic field and radio waves and is especially useful for viewing soft tissues.
What is an MRI?
You don't recognize a medical term, but it ends in -megaly. What can you already determine about the condition?
What is abnormal enlargement?
A patient develops a fungal infection involving a nail. Give the medical term.
What is onychomycosis?
Build a medical term meaning incision into a muscle.
What is myotomy?
Decode dermatomycosis.
What is a fungal condition/infection of the skin?
This procedure involves viewing the inside of a joint with a small scope.
What is arthroscopy?
A chart describes a skin lesion as bilateral. Even if you know nothing else about the lesion, what does that tell you?
What is it occurs on both sides?
A patient has a malignant tumor arising from the pigment-producing cells of the skin. Name the condition.
What is melanoma?
Build a medical term meaning abnormal softening of bone.
What is osteomalacia?
Decode osteomyelitis using both combining forms and the suffix.
What is inflammation of the bone and bone marrow?
Contrast material is injected into a joint before images are taken. Name the procedure used to produce the resulting record/image.
What is arthrography?
A patient has polyarthritis. Without memorizing the diagnosis, use its three word parts to explain exactly what is occurring.
What is inflammation of many joints?