This metal is necessary to bind oxygen to hemoglobin, a protein found in red blood cells
What is Iron
100
Substances that have anti-pyretic properties are able to reduce this common symptom
What is fever?
100
This type of electromagnetic radiation, discovered in 1895, is used in many types of medical imaging.
What are x-rays?
100
The suffix -itis in medical terminology indicates this.
What is inflammation?
100
Hepatitis is an infection that affects the functioning of this organ
What is the liver?
200
The prefix cryo- generally means this in medical terminology (and most other sciences, too).
What is "cold?"
200
This common over-the-counter analgesic results in more calls to poison control than any other pharmacologic substance.
What is acetaminophen?
200
This device allows medical professional to look inside the ear during routine examinations.
What is an otoscope.
200
This common skin growths are caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).
What are warts?
200
Jaundice is a condition in which the skin takes on a shade of this color
What is yellow
300
Iodine deficiency is the main cause of goiters, which is an enlargement of this gland.
What is the thyroid?
300
Round the age of one years old, the MMR vaccine is given to children to protect them from these three diseases.
What are measles, mumps and rubella?
300
This device uses different wavelengths of light in a non-invasive fashion to determine blood oxygen sturation.
What is a pulse oximeter?
300
Renal calculi is the formal medical term for these small crystalized solids
What are kidney stones?
300
This hereditary blood disorder is more common in populations, such as African Americans, whose ancestors lived where malaria is or was once common.
What is What is sickle cell anemia?
400
This class of signaling molecules are carried in the circulatory system to distant organs.
What are hormones?
400
MRSA is any strain of Staphylococcus aureus that has built a resistance to this general class of antibiotics?
What are penicillins?
400
This type of medical imaging uses large, powerful and many times noisy electromagnets to align the “spin states” of protons of hydrogen atoms in the body.
What is an MRI?
400
Necrotizing fasciitis is the medical term for a disease that is often sensationalized in popular media by this descriptive non-medical name.
What is "flesh-eating" disease?
400
In this type of disease, the body has an abnormal immune response substances and tissues that are normally present in the body.
What is autoimmune disease?
500
This is the word that the "L" stands for in HDL when refering to cholesterol.
What is lipoprotein?
500
This measure used to denote of the amount of a drug or other substance that will kill 50% of the population?
What is LD-50?
500
A sphygmomanometer is the formal name for the device that measures this.
What is blood pressure?
500
This medical condition is characterized by inflammation caused by the crystallization of uric acid in the joints, tendons, and tissues of the foot.
What is gout?
500
Before this theory was postulated, it was believed that diseases were caused by “bad air” called miasmas.