Basic Med Term
This is a medical term for slow.
What is brady?
Jenny has low blood pressure, what is her diagnosis?
Dr. Moore specializes in the study of the brain. What is the name of his specialty?
What is neurology?
If I have a fever,
my nurse would chart on me as having a what?
What is febrile?
The transplantation of healthy skin to
damaged skin is called what?
What is a skin graft?
Tachy is the medical term for what?
What is rapid and fast
Many teenage girls have this diagnosis due to the reduced number of hemoglobin their red blood cells.
What is anemia?
Dermatology involves the study of what largest organ in the body?
What is the skin?
Jimmy comes in looking pale with the stomach flu.
His nurse would chart is appearance as what?
What is pale?
Polypectomy involves removing what?
What is polyps?
Another name for this is enlargement.
A blood pressure reading of 200/100 is called this medical term.
What is hypertension?
The speciality that looks at the heart is called what?
Kenny has pauses in breathing during his sleep. He would diagnosed with what?
What is apena?
The removal of lymph nodes is called what?
Lymphadenectomy
This is the medical term for red
What is erthry
CAD is what this diagnosis stands for.
What is Coronary Artery Disease?
A pharmacologist studies what specialized service in healthcare?
What is pharmacology?
Susie has coarctation of the aorta,
what does coarctation mean?
What is narrowing of a vessel?
The surgical procedure that involves a surgical puncture and drainage of the pleural cavity is called what?
What is thoracentesis?
Sclerosis means this.
Hardening
What is phlebotomy?
Dr. Lee studies the function of the kidneys. What is his speciality called?
What is nephrology?
Rachel has this diagnosis related to her bad breath.
What is halitosis?
Angioplasty reopens what to restore forward blood flow?
What is narrowed blood vessels?