medical terms

• Algesia is a condition of having:

  Pain
• Oncogene is a gene that causes a:

  Tumor
• Which of the following word means calculus or stone?

  Lith
• Pathogen is an organism that produces:

  Disease
• Py/o means:

  Pus
• Pachyemia means ______ of the blood:

  Thickness
• Dys- means:

  Painful
• Bradypnea means:

  Slow breathing
• The following words are related to the word mal-, EXCEPT:

  Difficult
• Mucorrhea means:

  Discharge of mucus
• Hydrocele is a localized _____ containing fluid:

  Dilation
• –odynia means:

  Pain
• Blastoma means tumor of _____ cells:

  Immature
• –clasis means:

  Breaking
• Edema means:

  Swelling
• Splenomalacia means _____ of the spleen:

  Softening
• Viremia is the presence _____ in the _____:

  Viruses, blood
• –lysis means:

  Dissolving
• Swelling of tissues as a result of lymphatic blockage:

  Lymphedema
• The spasm of a bronchus:

  Bronchospasm
• Blepharoptosis is the ______ displacement of the eyelid:

  Downward
• -stasis means:

  Suppression
• –stenosis means:

  Narrowing
• Necrosis means:

  Death
• Obstruction of a blood vessel by a blood clot or other matter carried in the circulation:

  Embolism
• A backward flow, such as the backflow of blood through a defective valve:

  Regurgitation
• An increased in nitrogen compounds in the urine:

  Azoturia
• Ferric is a term that means:

  Iron
• What do you mean by a root word sidero?

  Iron
• The spread of cancer from one part to another:

  Metastasis
• Hypokalemia is a decrease of _____ in the blood:

  Potassium
• Natriuresis is an excretion of _____ in the urine:

  Sodium
• Hypoxemia is a deficiency of _____ in the blood:

  Oxygen
• A defined discoloration of the skin; a congenital vascular tumor of the skin; a mole, birthmark:

  Nevus
• A term pertaining to excessive growth of hair:

  Hirsutism
• A hereditary blood disease caused by lack of a clotting factor and resulting in abnormal bleeding:

  Hemophilia
• A collection of blood under the skin caused by leakage from small vessels:

  Ecchymosis
• A scar:

  Cicatrix
• A blackhead:

  Comedo
• A skin reaction marked by temporary, smooth, raised areas (wheals) associated with itching or commonly known as hives:

  Urticaria