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100

Pertaining to the abdomen and pelvis.

  • What is abdominopelvic?
100

An abnormally slow heart rate, under 60 beats per minute.

What is bradycardia?

100
  • The term for a substance that causes fever.
  • What is a pyrogen?
100

This term refers to a lens with two areas of focus, for near and distant vision.

What is bifocal?

100

An abnormal condition of having excess acid in the body fluids.

  • What is acidosis?
100
  • The medical term for a disease that is not related to fever.

What is afebrile?

100

A medical term meaning "pertaining to the head."

What is cephalic?

100

This medical term refers to the plastic surgery of the hand.

What is chiroplasty?

200
  • This is the term for a specialist in the study of tissues.
  • What is a histologist?
200
  • The term for an abnormally fast heart rate.
  • What is tachycardia?
200
  • The medical term for a chronic disease that damages nerve coverings in the central nervous system.

What is multiple sclerosis?

200
  • The medical term for having one pole. In psychiatry, it refers to a form of depression only.

What is unipolar?

200

The term for a substance given to counteract a poison.

What is an antidote?

200
  • This term refers to the process of living without oxygen.

What is anaerobic?

200
  • The medical term for a headache.

What is cephalodynia?

200
  • The surgical puncture of the abdomen to remove fluid.

What is abdominocentesis?

300

This condition refers to the abnormal softening of the nails

What is onychomalacia?

300

An abnormal or pathological state of the blood.

What is a dyscrasia?

300

The medical term for the spread of cancer from one part of the body to another.

What is metastasis?

300

A woman who has given birth three times.

  • What is a tripara?
300

A severe mental disorder characterized by disorganized thinking.

What is schizophrenia?

300
  • This term describes a muscle that moves a body part away from the midline of the body.
  • What is an abductor?
300
  • The impaired ability to communicate through speech or writing due to brain injury.

What is aphasia

300

The term for something that causes cancer

What is carcinogenic?

400

This term describes a benign fatty tumor

What is a lipoma?

400

The medical term for an abnormally large head.

  • What is macrocephaly?
400

The term for a person with an uncontrollable urge to start fires.

What is a pyromaniac?

400
  • The term for taking effect from a past date.

What is retroactive?

400

The medical term for the abnormal hardening of tissue.

What is sclerosis?

400

The medical term for the eyelid.

What is blepharal?

400

The medical term for the loss of voice due to a problem with the vocal cords.

What is aphonia?

400
  • The development or formation of cancer.

What is carcinogenesis?

500

The medical term for a tumor of a sweat gland.

What is a hidradenoma?

500

A decrease in the size or a wasting away of a body part or tissue.

  • What is atrophy?



500

The medical term for the yellow discoloration of the skin and eyes, usually due to a liver or bile disorder

  • What is jaundice?
500

The term for a surgical puncture of the chest to remove fluid.

  • What is a thoracentesis?
500

The medical term for a condition of hardening of the skin.

What is scleroderma?

500
  • The medical term for the surgical puncture of the chest to remove fluid.

What is a thoracentesis?

500
  • The medical term for the slowness of speech.

What is bradyphasia?

500
  • The term for a chemical compound that contains four chlorine atoms.

What is a tetrachloride?