Medical Terminology
Release of blood from a broken blood vessel.
What is hemorrhage?
Largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the amount of deaths in the US from this virus--whose peak activity is in the Fall and Winter seasons--decreased from about 22,000 to just 700.
What is influenza virus (the flu)?
The heaviest day of COVID cases during winter break.
What is Christmas day?
The four bases which make up RNA.
What is Adenine, Uracil, Cytosine, and Guanina?
The first professional nurse who revolutionized modern nursing.
Who is Florence Nightingale?
Condition of rapid heart beat.
What is tachycardia?
A new COVID-19 variant recently discovered in South Africa.
What is the Omicron variant?
The number of people killed annually because of Christmas trees.
What is 100 people?
The property of a sound wave that affects how loud or soft the sound is?
What is amplitude?
The number of medical-related jobs out there according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.
What is 16 million?
Tingling sensation in your leg.
What is paresthesia?
These overnight contact lenses gently correct the curvature of your cornea so, when removed in the morning, patients can see clearly all day without glasses or daytime contacts.
What are Corneal Refractive Therapy (CRT) lenses (or Orthokeratology lenses)?
The number of people injured annually because of iced roads.
What is 100,000+ people?
The state that is likely to have the greatest biodiversity.
What is Florida?
Those who operate the heart and lung machines that take over the functions of a patients' organs during a surgery.
What is a Perfusionist?
Surgery that removes a kidney.
What is nephrectomy?
The Galleri test is a new technology that, using DNA analysis, allows a more efficient early detection of more than 50 types of this disease.
What is cancer?
The Black Friday death count is.
What is 17,125 people?
The person who created vaccines.
Who was Jonas Salk?
The number of people in the world who are in the medical field according to the WHO, including physicians, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, and community health workers.
What is 34.4 million?
Excessive flow of tears.
What is lachrymation?
A respiratory protective device that filtrates airborne particles.
What is an N95 respirator?
Candy cane syndrome is.
What is abdominal pain?
The reason scientists believe the universe is expanding.
What is the red shift?
Professionals who prepare and evaluate tissue samples to see if they contain disease, using medical equipment and tools.
What is a Cytotechnologist?