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100
Element present in thyroxine
What is iodine?
100
Medical term to describe the spread of malignant tumors to a distant location
What is metastasis?
100
Lying down position
What is recumbent?
100
Route of administration where drug is given by injection
What is parenteral?
100
Fear of leaving one's home
What is agoraphobia?
200
Insulin deficiency or resistance leading to hyperglycemia.
What is Diabetes Mellitus?
200
A tumor that requires large doses of radiation to produce death of the cells
What is a radioresistant tumor?
200
Technique uses a transducer to send sound waves into the body to create an image.
What is Ultrasound?
200
Government agency that regulates whether a drug can be distributed and sold to the public.
What is the FDA?
200
Uncontrollable urge to perform an act repeatedly.
What is a compulsion?
300
Examples of electolytes
What are sodium and potassium?
300
Medical term meaning "assisting" or "aiding"
What is adjuvant?
300
X-ray position where the patient is facing the machine and their back is against the film
What is AP view?
300
Class of drugs that relieves pain.
What is analgesic?
300
Fear of strangers.
What is xenophobia?
400
Considered the Master Gland.
What is the pituitary gland?
400
Medical term describing localized tumor growth
What is carcinoma in situ?
400
Technique that uses x-rays and a computer to produce images of the body.
What is CT scan?
400
Class of drugs that produces loss of sensation throughout the entire body
What are anesthetics?
400
False or unreal sensory perceptions
What are hallucinations?
500
An enlargement of the thyroid gland.
What is goiter?
500
Side effect of chemotherapy where a person's hair falls out.
What is alopecia?
500
A substance that absorbs most of the x-rays that it's exposed to.
What is a radiopaque substance?
500
Combination of two drugs causes an effect that is greater than the sum of the individual effects of each.
What is synergism?
500
Personality disorder characterized by grandiose sense of self-importance and preoccupation with fantasies of success and power.
What is narcissistic?