Medical Terminology Challenge Part 2

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* 1. What does EXACERBATE mean?

to exaggerate about something

to cause symptoms to become worse or more severe

to be exact

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* 2. What does REMISSION mean?

to be re-admitted to the hospital

to remember something

to have a decrease in symptoms

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* 3. What is CARPAL TUNNEL?

It is a tunnel in France

It is a bulge under the rug that looks like a tunnel

It is pain, numbness and tingling in the fingers

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* 4. What is ANGINA?

It is a nickname for Angelina

It is a body part

It is chest pain caused by a temporary decrease in blood flow or oxygen to the heart

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* 5. What does LAPAROSCOPY mean?

It is the technical name for a laptop

It is the name of an exotic disease

It is a surgical procedure

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* 6. To ANOREXIA means

To inhale food into the lung

It is when someone starves themselves so as not gain weight

It is part of the abdomen

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* 7. What does ISCHEMIA mean?

An insufficient supply of blood to an organ, such as a blocked artery

it is a latin word meaning "to itch"

Old English word meaning to scheme and plot

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* 8. What is an ANGIOPLASTY?

A procedure to widen blood vessels

A muscle contraction

A type of plaster

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* 9. What is a DIURETIC?

A drug that helps with diarrhea

A dye that is injected for a procedure

A drug that helps to remove excess fluid in your body

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* 10. What is an ANEURYSM?

A weak point in a blood vessel

A sinus infection

Another word for varicose veins