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Abductor muscle ✔Correct Answer-A muscle that draws a limb away from the body
Abruptio placentae ✔Correct Answer-Premature separation of the implanted placenta
Acromegaly ✔Correct Answer-Endocrine disorder that produces an excessive amount of growth
hormone after puberty
Agoraphobia ✔Correct Answer-Fear of being in open, crowded, public places from which escape
would be difficult.
Amniocentesis ✔Correct Answer-Removing fluid from the sac around the baby in the uterus
Anorexia ✔Correct Answer-Lacking appetite
Aphasia ✔Correct Answer-When a patient knows what he or she wants to say but cannot say it
Appendix ✔Correct Answer-Hangs from the cecum and has no clear function
Arthralgia ✔Correct Answer-Joint pain
Balantis ✔Correct Answer-An inflammation usually caused by overgrowth of organisms (bacteria
and yeast)
Bipolar disorder ✔Correct Answer-One or more manic episodes altering with depressive episodes
Biopsy ✔Correct Answer-Procedure that removes a small piece of living tissue from your body
BPH ✔Correct Answer-Benign prostatic hyperplasia. Urinalysis obstructions, unable to empty
entire bladder
Bulimia nervosa ✔Correct Answer-Binge eating followed by purging
BUN ✔Correct Answer-Measurement of urea levels in blood
Cec/o ✔Correct Answer-Cecum
Cryogenic ✔Correct Answer-Technique for prostate cancer treatment using freezing temperatures
to destroy cancer cells
Cryptorchism ✔Correct Answer-One or both testicles do not descend, by the time of birth, into the
scrotal sac from the abdominal cavity
CVA ✔Correct Answer-Cerebrovascular accident. Stroke
Cystocele ✔Correct Answer-Occurs when part of the urinary bladder herniates through the vaginal
wall as a result of weakness of the pelvic muscles
, Cytology ✔Correct Answer-Study of cells
Dendrite ✔Correct Answer-A stimulus that begins as an impulse in the branching fibers of the
neuron
Dermat/o ✔Correct Answer-Skin
Diagnosis ✔Correct Answer-A state of complete knowledge
Divertivulum ✔Correct Answer-Abnormal outpouchings in the intestinal wall
Dyspepsia ✔Correct Answer-Indigestion- a mild discomfort in the upper belly or abdomen
Endometriosis ✔Correct Answer-Endometrial tissue located outside of the uterus
Euphoria ✔Correct Answer-Exaggerated feeling of well being
Exophthalmos ✔Correct Answer-Protrusion of eyeball associated with enlargement and over
activity of the thyroid gland
Gastritis ✔Correct Answer-Inflammation of the stomach
GERD ✔Correct Answer-Solids and fluids return to the mouth from the stomach. Heartburn.
Gestation ✔Correct Answer-Pregnancy
Hallucinations ✔Correct Answer-False or unreal sensory perception as, for example, hearing voices
when none are present.
Hemodialysis ✔Correct Answer-Use of an artificial kidney machine that receives waste-filled blood
from the patient's blood stream, filters it, and returns the dialyzed blood to the patient's body.
Histrionic ✔Correct Answer-Emotional, attention seeking, immature, independent; irrational
outbursts in tantrums; flamboyant and theatrical; having general dissatisfaction with the self and
angry feelings about the world.
Hyperbilirubemia ✔Correct Answer-High levels of bilirubin in the blood stream; cause jaundice.
Hyperglycemia ✔Correct Answer-High level of blood sugar
Hypertrophy ✔Correct Answer-Increase in size of individual cells.
Hypochondriasis ✔Correct Answer-A preoccupation with body aches, pains, and discomfort in the
absence of real illness.
KUB ✔Correct Answer-X-ray examination of the kidneys, ureters, and Bladder
Labia majora ✔Correct Answer-Outer lips of the vagina
Laparoscopy ✔Correct Answer-Visual examination of the abdominal cavity using a laparoscope