MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY QUIZ

Write in the correct medical terms (must be spelled correctly)

1. softening of cartilage
2. any variation from the normal rhythm of the heart
3. an instrument for the direct measurement of venous blood pressure
4. a premature contraction of the heart that is independent of the normal rhythm
5. passage of a small catheter through a vein in an arm or leg or the neck and into the heart
6. suture of an artery
7. resection of one side of the tongue
8. an accumulation of blood in the uterine tube
9. inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis
10. absence of an organ
11. a condition marked by the presence of renal calculi
12. the operation of excising a renal calculus from the pelvis of the kidney
13. forward displacement of one vertebra over another
14. radiography of the uterine tubes after the injection of an opaque medium
15. excessive uterine bleeding occurring both during the menses and at regular intervals
16. separation of the layers of a surgical wound (wound _____________)
17. Define D&C
18. Define TPR
19. Define ASHD
20. Define ADH

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