M6 lesson

Nematology is a division of what area of study?

Parasitology/ worms

Choose the correct term for 'congenital deformity in which the head is inapparent.'

cryptocephalus

Euthanasia: an easy, quiet and painless what?

death

Thanatophobia is a morbid fear of what?

death

What do androgynous people lack?

definite sexual characteristics

Choose the correct definition of exodontia.

dental extraction of teeth

Endodontitis: what is inflamed?

dental pulp

What does an antaphrodisiac agent do?

depresses sexual desire

What kind of plant organism is a nosophyte?

disease causing

Choose the correct term for an '(abnormally) long colon.'

dolichocolon

Prosopoplegia is the paralysis of what?

face

Choose the correct term for 'paralysis of the stomach.'

gastroplegia

Choose the correct definition of panoptosis.

general prolapse of abdominal organs

Choose the correct definition of trichophagia.

habit of eating hair

Hypertrichosis is an excessive growth of what?

hair

Choose the correct definition of sclerotrichia.

hardness of the hair

What do the 2 combining forms of brachycephalous (brachycephalic) indicate?

having a short head

Choose the correct definition of gynecophonus.

having a soft, high-pitched voice

Choose the correct definition of microdontism.

having one or more abnormally small teeth

Choose the correct term for 'pertaining to nutrients carried in the blood.'

hemotrophic

Choose the correct definition of oligodontia.

hereditary development anomaly: having fewer teeth than normal

A pandemic disease or outbreak affects what population group?

high proportions throughout the world

Demography is the study of measurable characteristics of what?

human populations

Choose the correct definition for ankylosis.

immobility of a joint

Heterodromus means acting, arranged, or moving how?

in the opposite direction

Choose the correct definition of hypertrophy.

increase in organ size or the body due to growth

Choose the correct definition of nephrohypertrophy.

increased kidney size

Choose the correct definition of photogenic.

induced by or inducing light

Choose the correct definition of spondylarthritis.

inflammation of the joints of the vertebrae

Choose the correct definition of rachitome.

instrument used to open the spinal canal

Choose the correct definition of palilalia.

involuntary repetition of words or phrases

What does palindromia indicate about a disease?

it is recurrent

Photodysphoria (photophobia) is the unusual intolerance of what?

light

Photosynthesis is a plant process that uses what energy?

light

Hemidiaphoresis is what kind of sweating?

limited to one side of the body

Choose the correct definition of periodontal.

located around a tooth

Homoerotic means exclusive sexual interest or intercourse with whom?

members of the same sex

Amyotrophia: what is 'not nourished'?

muscles

Choose the correct synonym for epistaxis.

nose bleed

Choose the correct term for 'science (of description or classification) of diseases.'

nosology

Choose the correct definition of cryptogenic.

of unknown or indeterminate origin

Dolichocephalic means what type of skull?

one with a long anteroposterior diameter

Choose the correct definition of odontogenic (odontogenesis).

origin and formation of teeth

Choose the correct definition of rhachialgia.

pain in the spine

Choose the correct term for 'fear of everything.'

panophobia

Choose the correct definition for diplegia.

paralysis of similar parts on both sides of the body

Choose the correct definition of palingraphia.

pathological repetition of words and phrases in writing

Choose the correct term for 'around a vertebra.'

perispondylic

Choose the correct term for 'dissolution or disintegration under stimulus of light rays.'

photolysis

Choose the correct definition of protopathic.

primitive or undiscriminating with respect to pain

Diaphoresis describes what condition?

profuse sweating

Choose the correct term for '(congenital) fissure of the face.'

schistoprosopia

Erogenous means causing what?

sexual excitement

Choose the correct definition of melanophore.

cell containing dark pigment

Choose the correct term for 'resembling a male.'

Android

Choose the correct definition of nosomycosis.

Disease caused by a parasitic fungus or schizomycete

What does a hermaphrodite possess?

Genital and sexual characteristics of both sexes

Euphoria is a condition of what?

Good health or elation

What is dermonosology the science of?

The classification of skin diseases

Choose the correct definition of toxonosis.

a disease resulting from poison

Choose the correct definition for craniorhachischisis.

a fissure of skull and spine

A gynandroid is often mistaken for what?

a person of the opposite sex

Choose the correct definition of osteochondrodystrophy.

a skeletal growth disorder resulting from bone and cartilage malformation

Spondylolysis is the breaking down of what structure?

a vertebral structure

Choose the correct definition of hypotrichosis.

abnormal deficiency of hair

Choose the correct definition of brachycheilia.

abnormal shortness of the lips

Ankylodactylia describes what condition?

adhesion (fusing) of 2 or more fingers or toes

Choose the correct definition of anthelmintic.

agent that treats or destroys parasitic worms

Pancarditis is inflammation of what structures of the heart?

all

Choose the correct definition of anaphrodisiac (antaphrodisiac).

an agent that depresses sexual desire

Choose the correct definition of chromophore.

any chemical displaying color in a properly prepared cell

Choose the correct definition of synthetic.

artificially prepared

Choose the correct term for 'absence of hair.'

atrichosis

Choose the correct definition of onychatrophia.

atrophy of the nails

Choose the correct definition of erotophobia.

aversion to sexual love

What does a chromatophore cell do?

bears pigment

Choose the correct definition of nematoid. (You have to consider the meaning of the Greek for 'thread' - which Taber's gives - to get the right answer).

belonging to the class Nematoda: thread shaped

Choose the correct term for 'abnormal shortness of fingers and toes.'

brachydactylia

Who does endemic disease affect?

specific populations or particular regions of the world

Choose the correct term for inflammation of the joints of the vertebrae; arthritis of the spine.

spondylarthritis

Choose the correct definition of amblychromasia.

state in which the cell nucleus stains faintly

A trichogen is an agent that does what?

stimulates hair growth

What kind of memory is cryptanamnesia (cryptomnesia)?

subconscious

Choose the correct definition of spondylopyosis.

suppuration with inflammation of a vertebra

A mesodont has what of medium size?

teeth

Odontonecrosis is the excessive decay of what?

teeth

Choose the correct term for 'the study of death.'

thanatology

Hydrorrhachis (hydromyelia) is an increase of fluid where?

the central canal of the spinal cord

Osteosynthesis is the mechanical fastening of what?

the ends of fractured bones

Schizonychia is the splitting of what?

the nails

Choose the correct definition of endocrinotherapy.

therapeutic use of hormones

What is dystrophy?

tissue degeneration

Choose the correct definition of odontodynia.

tooth ache

Choose the correct term for 'concerned with nourishment

trophic

Choose the correct definition of helminthemesis.

vomiting of intestinal worms

What is atrophy?

wasting; decrease in organ size or tissue

Gynecopathy describes diseases specific to what group?

women

What causes infestation in helminthiasis?

worms