Technology
Though its original iteration was "monoaural" and wooden, it's now seen with medical professionals world wide and nearly always is biaural (that is, both ears are used.)
What is a stethoscope
This procedure, used up until the late 1960s, involves surgically severing connections in the brain's prefrontal cortex with an ice pick and was commonly used to treat mental illness
What is a lobotomy
This type of doctor specializes in surgery or making physical changes to the human body to treat injury or disease
What are surgeons
His name lives on in the form of an oath of ethics taken by medical practitioners. Which ancient Greek physician is known as the "Father of Medicine"
Who was Hippocrates
The medical term for a sideways curvature of the spine which most commonly occurs in young adults during a growth spurt
What is scoliosis
Placed in the chest to monitor and correct abnormal heart rhythms, this medical device known as an "ICD" which is short for "implantable cardioverter"
What is a defibrillator
This word means to add an impurity to a semiconductor to produce a desired electrical characteristic. In a different context, this word refers to the administration of drugs to enhance sporting performance
What is doping
A pediatrician specializes in the treatment of this group of individuals
What are children
COVID-19 revived the near obsolete Drinker Tank, popular polio-era negative pressure ventilators better known by this metallic name
What is an Iron Lung
The Latin for "upper arm" gave us the common English name of this upper arm bone
What is humerus
This medical device includes the latin word for “cloud” and has the ability to evaporate liquid medication into mist to enable users to inhale it into their lungs
What is a nebulizer
Broad spectrum antibiotics and carbapenem antibiotics are both used to treat sepsis or septicemia, an infection of this
What is blood
A dermatologist is a doctor specializing in the treatment of this
What is skin
The Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus was written in the 17th century BC in this ancient empire and contains the earliest recorded reference to the brain
What was Ancient Egypt
This A-medical term from the Greek word that means “ill-fed” refers to the wasting away and weakening of muscle
What is atrophy
This commonplace medical device is a plunger attached to the a cylindrical tube, allowing for even intake and discharge of fluids? It gets its name from the Greek word for “tube.”
What is a syringe
Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, also known as a DEXA scan, is frequently used to measure the density of what material in the body
What is bone
A nephrologist is a doctor who specializes in the treatment and diagnosis of diseases affecting this organ
What are kidneys
Although more well-known for his fiction and character creations, this famous author was also an ophthalmologist that studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh in the 1870s, was a determined supporter of compulsory vaccination, and partially based his most famous character on a former university teacher
Who was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Which medical term comes from the Greek word for “without breathing” and is included in the name of a condition where a person experiences brief pauses in breathing while they’re asleep
What is apnea
Often implanted in people who have had cataract surgery, a "pseudophakos" is an artificial replacement for this part of the eye
What is the lens
This organ is removed during a cholecystectomy
What is the gall bladder
This type of doctor specializes in diagnosing and treating conditions using medical imaging tests
What are radiologists
This drug was originally marketed as a cough suppressant in 1898 as it was not believed to be addictive. This was quickly realized not to be true as it readily breaks down into morphine in the body which was already known to be addictive
What is heroin
Hyperhidrosis is the medical term for excessive this
What is sweating