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Chapter 10 study Rev
Building a Medical Vocabulary w/Spanish transition:
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Heartburn | |
| Dysphagia | Difficulty in swallowing |
| Gastralgia | Pain of the stomach; stomachache |
| Gastrocele | |
| Stomatodynia | Painful Mouth |
| Cheilosis | Splitting and scaling of the lips and angles of the mouth, a characteristic of riboflavin deficiency |
| Glossopyrosis | Pain, burning,itching,and stinging of the mucus membranes of the tongue without apparent lesions of the affected areas. |
| Mandible | lower jaw |
| Maxilla | upper jaw |
| Cholecystectomy | surgical removal of the gallbladder |
| Gall stone | a calculus formed in the gallbladder of bile duct |
| Hyperglycemia | an increased amount of sugar in the blood |
| Hypoglycemia | an abnormally low concentration of glucose in the blood. |
| Rectocele | hernia of the rectum with protrusion of part of the rectum into the vagina |
| Hemorrhoids | a varicose dilation of a vein of the anal canal inside or just outside the rectum that causes pain,itching, and bleeding |
| Anorexia | lack of loss of appetite for food |
| Dyspepsia | poor digestion |
| Adipsia | absence of thirst |