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- 3. Which medical term that starts with “M” describes a general feeling of being unwell or vague discomfort that is sometimes the first inkling of an illness?
- 4. René Théophile Hyacinthe Laënnec came up with the idea for what medical listening device because he was uncomfortable putting his head on a lady’s chest to auscultate her heart and lungs?
- 9. a condition where a person experiences brief pauses in breathing while they’re asleep
- 11. What group responsible for global medical well-being was formed by the United Nations after World War II, combining the efforts of groups like the International Sanitary Conferences? Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, its three-letter acronym looks like a question
- 14. A kocher is what kind of surgical tool that can be used to stop bleeding or hold on to dense tissues?
- 15. Dr. Paul Lauterbur and physicist Sir Peter Mansfield were awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for developing what imaging system in the late 1970s and early 1980s?
- 16. A way of targeting cancer cells is isolating what element within them that has the chemical symbol Fe?
- 17. sleep disorder where you partake in a specific physical activity while you’re asleep
- 18. What life-saving medical screening that uses ionizing radiation can be traced back to 1913, when German surgeon Albert Salomon performed X-rays on 3,000 mastectomies?
- 19. What is defined as the medical specialty looking at anatomy, physiology, pathology, symptomatology, and therapeutics related to the blood and blood-forming tissues?
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- 1. The medical term is “piloerection” or “horripilation,” but what’s the common name for the little lumps that rise up on your skin when you’re cold (or spooked) that, in fact, activate stem cells and trigger hair growth?
- 2. His name lives on in the form of an oath of ethics taken by medical practitioners. Which ancient Greek physician is known as the "Father of Medicine"?
- 5. the specific scientific medical study of the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer
- 6. Which word in medical terminology describes cancer that has spread from where it started to other areas of the body?
- 7. Which medical term that comes from the Ancient Greek for “deep sleep” refers to a prolonged state of being unconscious and unresponsive?
- 8. Placed in the chest to monitor and correct abnormal heart rhythms, the medical device known as an "ICD" is short for "implantable cardioverter" what?
- 9. In medical terminology, the prefix “supra-” means to be in what position related to an organ? For example, “supra-renal.”
- 10. Blood levels of A1C, or hemoglobin chemically linked to a sugar, are commonly used to determine whether an individual has what medical condition?
- 12. Which medical term from the Latin terms for “blood” and “break forth” refers to a lot of bleeding, which can be life-threatening?
- 13. What medical device includes the Latin word for “cloud” and has the ability to evaporate liquid medication into mist to enable users to inhale it into their lungs?
- 14. The flu shot is recommended by the WHO and CDC for yearly vaccination for nearly all people over the age of six months. What animal's eggs are often used to produce this vaccine each year?