EMILLYCHARLOTTE 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YAER ©2024 EMILLYCHARLOTTE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
FIRST PUBLISH SEPTEMBER 2024
MGCCC Medical Terminology #2 Study
Guide with Complete Solutions
Adventitious sounds - Answer✔✔-Abnormal sounds
Aerobic - Answer✔✔-Uses or requires oxygen
Afebrile - Answer✔✔-without fever
Alopecia - Answer✔✔-baldness or hair loss
Anaerobic - Answer✔✔-does not use or require oxygen
Anesthesia - Answer✔✔-loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness
Antipyretics - Answer✔✔-Drugs that reduce fever
Anthropometry - Answer✔✔-the science dealing with the measurement of the human body to
determine differences in individuals or groups
Aphasia - Answer✔✔-loss of speech due to injury or illness
Atherosclerosis - Answer✔✔-condition in which fatty deposits called plaque build up on the inner walls
of the arteries
Auscultation - Answer✔✔-listening to sounds within the body (usually with a stethoscope)
Bradycardia - Answer✔✔-abnormally slow heartbeat
Page 1/8
, EMILLYCHARLOTTE 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YAER ©2024 EMILLYCHARLOTTE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
FIRST PUBLISH SEPTEMBER 2024
Bruit - Answer✔✔-An abnormal blowing or swishing sound heard on auscultation of an artery or an
organ.
Cholecystitis - Answer✔✔-inflammation of the gall bladder
Cirrhosis - Answer✔✔-Chronic degenerative disease of the liver, chronic disease charaterized by
degeneration of liver tissue most oftern caused by alcoholism or a nutritional deficiency
Conjunctivitis - Answer✔✔-inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye
Cyanosis - Answer✔✔-a bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes
Cytolysis - Answer✔✔-the bursting of a cell
Dermis - Answer✔✔-Second (middle) layer of skin, holding blood vessels, nerve endings, sweat glands,
and hair follicles
Dementia - Answer✔✔-a slowly progressive decline in mental abilities, including memory, thinking, and
judgment, that is often accompanied by personality changes
Diaphoresis - Answer✔✔-profuse sweating
Distention - Answer✔✔-the act of expanding by pressure from within
Dysphagia - Answer✔✔-difficulty swallowing
Dysrhythmia - Answer✔✔-abnormal heart rhythm/brain waves
Edentulous - Answer✔✔-without teeth
Edema - Answer✔✔-swelling caused by excess fluid in the body tissues
Page 2/8
FIRST PUBLISH SEPTEMBER 2024
MGCCC Medical Terminology #2 Study
Guide with Complete Solutions
Adventitious sounds - Answer✔✔-Abnormal sounds
Aerobic - Answer✔✔-Uses or requires oxygen
Afebrile - Answer✔✔-without fever
Alopecia - Answer✔✔-baldness or hair loss
Anaerobic - Answer✔✔-does not use or require oxygen
Anesthesia - Answer✔✔-loss of bodily sensation with or without loss of consciousness
Antipyretics - Answer✔✔-Drugs that reduce fever
Anthropometry - Answer✔✔-the science dealing with the measurement of the human body to
determine differences in individuals or groups
Aphasia - Answer✔✔-loss of speech due to injury or illness
Atherosclerosis - Answer✔✔-condition in which fatty deposits called plaque build up on the inner walls
of the arteries
Auscultation - Answer✔✔-listening to sounds within the body (usually with a stethoscope)
Bradycardia - Answer✔✔-abnormally slow heartbeat
Page 1/8
, EMILLYCHARLOTTE 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YAER ©2024 EMILLYCHARLOTTE. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
FIRST PUBLISH SEPTEMBER 2024
Bruit - Answer✔✔-An abnormal blowing or swishing sound heard on auscultation of an artery or an
organ.
Cholecystitis - Answer✔✔-inflammation of the gall bladder
Cirrhosis - Answer✔✔-Chronic degenerative disease of the liver, chronic disease charaterized by
degeneration of liver tissue most oftern caused by alcoholism or a nutritional deficiency
Conjunctivitis - Answer✔✔-inflammation of the conjunctiva of the eye
Cyanosis - Answer✔✔-a bluish discoloration of the skin and mucous membranes
Cytolysis - Answer✔✔-the bursting of a cell
Dermis - Answer✔✔-Second (middle) layer of skin, holding blood vessels, nerve endings, sweat glands,
and hair follicles
Dementia - Answer✔✔-a slowly progressive decline in mental abilities, including memory, thinking, and
judgment, that is often accompanied by personality changes
Diaphoresis - Answer✔✔-profuse sweating
Distention - Answer✔✔-the act of expanding by pressure from within
Dysphagia - Answer✔✔-difficulty swallowing
Dysrhythmia - Answer✔✔-abnormal heart rhythm/brain waves
Edentulous - Answer✔✔-without teeth
Edema - Answer✔✔-swelling caused by excess fluid in the body tissues
Page 2/8
