Terms
Conditions
Procedures
Equipment
Hodge Podge
100
Producing or containing pus.
What is purulent?
100
binge eating
What is anorexia nervosa?
100
Surgical removal of the larynx
What is laryngectomy?
100
An instrument to listen to sounds within the body.
What is a stethoscope?
100
Type of fracture that results from a severe twisting motion.
What is a spiral fracture?
200
Absence of urine formation.
What is anuria?
200
Paralysis in all four extremities.
What is quadraplegia?
200
An inactive substance administered only for its suggestive effects.
What is placebo?
200
Instrument used when measuring blood pressure.
What is a sphygmomanometer?
200
The partial or complete loss of hair that occurs on the scalp.
What is alopecia?
300
A false personal belief that is maintained despite obvious proof or evidence to the contrary.
What is a delusion?
300
Deficiency of thyroid secretion.
What is hypothyroidism?
300
Surgically suturing together the divided ends of a tendon.
What is tenodesis?
300
Instrument used to examine the interior of the eye?
What is an ophthalmoscope?
300
Excessive sensitivity to stimuli.
What is hyperesthesia?
400
The new site that is formed when cancer spreads.
What is metastasis?
400
The presence of an abnormal number of diverticula.
What is diverticulitis?
400
Direct visualization of the bladder.
What is cystoscopy?
400
Instrument used to examine the external ear canal and tympanic membrane.
What is an otoscope?
400
The passage of black and tarlike stools.
What is melena?
500
The blockage of a blood vessel by a foreign object circulating in the blood.
What is embolism?
500
A condition associated with giving Aspirin to children who have a viral infection.
What is Reye's syndrome?
500
Surgical puncture of the joint space to remove synovial fluid.
What is arthrocentesis?
500
Instrument used to enlarge the opening of a body canal.
What is a speculum?
500
The abnormal buildup of carbon dioxide in the blood.
What is hypercapnia?
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