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Medical Terminology Final Exam Part 3

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This deck covers key medical terms and their definitions, focusing on various diseases, conditions, and anatomical abnormalities.

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Diabetes mellitus

Variable disorder of carbohydrate metabolism caused by a combination of hereditary and environmental factors and usually characterized by inadequate secretion or utilization of insulin.
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Definition
Diabetes mellitus
Variable disorder of carbohydrate metabolism caused by a combination of hereditary and environmental factors and usually characterized by inadequate s...
Gynecomastia
Excessive development of the breast in the male
Tetrology of Fallot
A congenital abnormality of the heart characterized by pulmonary stenosis, an opening in the interventricular septum
Mitral Valve Prolapse
A valvular heart disorder in which one or both mitral valve flaps close incompletly during systole usually producing either a click or murmur
DVT Deep Vein Thrombosis
Condition marked by the formation of a thrombus within a deep vein that may be asymptomatic or be accompanied by symptoms such as swelling and pain.
Anemia
Blood deficient in red blood cells
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Medical Terminology Final Exam Part 3
TermDefinition
Diabetes mellitus
Variable disorder of carbohydrate metabolism caused by a combination of hereditary and environmental factors and usually characterized by inadequate secretion or utilization of insulin.
Gynecomastia
Excessive development of the breast in the male
Tetrology of Fallot
A congenital abnormality of the heart characterized by pulmonary stenosis, an opening in the interventricular septum
Mitral Valve Prolapse
A valvular heart disorder in which one or both mitral valve flaps close incompletly during systole usually producing either a click or murmur
DVT Deep Vein Thrombosis
Condition marked by the formation of a thrombus within a deep vein that may be asymptomatic or be accompanied by symptoms such as swelling and pain.
Anemia
Blood deficient in red blood cells
Osteoporosis
A condition that affects especially older woman and is characterized by decrease in bone mass with decreased density and enlargement of bone spaces producing porosity and brittleness
Osteomyelitis
Infectious, painful inflammatory disease of bone that is often of bacterial origin and may result in death of bone tissue
Osteomalacia
A disease of adults that is characterized by softening of the bones and is analogous to rickets in the young
Albinism
Condition of an albino
Psoriasis
A chronic skin disease characterized by circumscribed red patches covered with white scales.
Pruritis
Localized or generalized itching due to irritation of sensory nerve endings
Herpes
Any of several inflammatory diseases of the skin caused by herpesviruses and characterized by clusters of vesicles.
Myopia
The visual images come to focus in front of the retina of the eye because of defects in the refractive media of the eye
Otitis media
Inflammation of the middle ear marked especially by pain, fever, dizziness, and hearing loss.
Glaucoma
Disease in which pressure inside the eye causes gradual loss of vision
Macular degeneration
Gradual loss of the central part of the field of vision usually affecting both eyes that occurs especially in the elderly
Tinnitus
Condition that causes you to hear ringing or roaring sounds that only you can hear
Bedsore AKA Decubitus ulcer
A sore that people get from lying in bed for a very long time when they are sick or injured.
COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease
Pulmonary disease that is characterized by chronic typically irreversible airway obstruction resulting in a slowed rate of exhalation
Ischemia
Deficient supply of blood to a body part (as the heart or brain) that is due to obstruction of the inflow of arterial blood
Hodgkins Disease
A neoplastic disease that is characterized by progressive enlargement of lymph nodes, spleen, and liver and by progressive anemia
HIV
Virus that causes AIDS
Scoliosis
A lateral curvature of the spine
Hemophilia
Serious disease that causes a person who has been cut or injured to keep bleeding for a very long time