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ch. 24 mt
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| skin tag | acrochordon |
| partial to complete loss of hair | alopecia |
| pain in joints | arthralgia |
| inflammation of the joints | arthritis |
| hardening of the arteries charecterized by fatty deposits. | arthersclerosis |
| surgical removal of a bunion | bunionectomy |
| cramped pains in calves caused by poor circulation | claudication |
| clicking or cracking sound upon joint movement | crepitation |
| mental disorder charectorized by chronic personality degeneration. | dementia |
| a physician who treats the old | geriatrician |
| study of all aspects of the aging process | gerontology |
| inflammation of the underlying spinal or cranial nerve pathway | herpes zoster |
| highly contagious viral infection of the respiratory system , airborn | influenza |
| abnormal outward curvature of the spine; humpback | kyphosis |
| thickening or hardening of the skin | lichenification |
| between ages 74-84 | middle-old |
| urination at night | noturia |
| 85 years or older | old-old |
| degenerative joint disease | osteoarthritis |
| bones that were once strong and became weak due to fragile bone density | osteoporosis |
| nonmetabolic disease of the bone charecterized by excessive bone distruction | pagets disease |
| slowly progressive deterioration of nerves in the brainstems motor system | parkinsons disease |
| acute inflammation of the lungs | pneumonia |
| loss of hearing in the natural aging process | presbycusis |
| loss of accomodation for near vision | presbyopia |
| reflection of skins elasticity | turgor |
| inability to control urination | urinary incontinence |
| between ages 65-74 | young-old |
| ankl/o | stiff |
| arthr/o | joint |
| carcin/o | heart |
| cry/o | cold |
| geront/o | old age |
| glauc/o | gray, silver |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| -itis | inflammation |
| kerat/o | hard, horney |
| -malacia | softening |
| myx/o | relation to mucus |
| neur/o | nerve |
| -opia | visual condition |
| oste/o | bone |
| presby/o | old, elderly |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| scier/o | hard |
| spondyl/o | spine |
| troph/o | developement |
| urin/o | urine |
| form of arthritis charectorized by inflammation of the first metatarsal joint of the great toe | gout |
| condition of the leg involving annoying sensations of uneasiness | restless leg syndrome |
| turning of the eyelash margins from the eyeball that leads to exposure of the eyelid | ectropion |
| condition charectorized by decreased mobility of the lower 2/3 of the esophagus | achalasia |
| herpes zoster, acute viral infection | shingles |
| silvery white scales over round, raised, reddened plaques producing pruritus | psioriasts |
| abnormal softening of bones due to a deficiancy of calcium and phosphates in the blood | osteomalacia |
| nearsightedness | myopia |
| abnormal sounds or murmur in the heart | bruit |
| fear of getting old | gerontophobia |
| adnormal enlargement of the joint at the base of the great toe | bunion |
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hborrelli
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