ABMDI Medical Terminology
Adenoma - Answer-a benign tumor made up of glandular elements
Adehesion - Answer-fibrous tissue which connects one structure to another as a response to a disease or
injury
Alveoli - Answer-air sacs in the lungs
ambulatory - Answer-able to walk
anamnestic - Answer-pertaining to recalling/memory
aneurysm - Answer-an outpouching of blood vessel or structure
angina pectoris - Answer-chest pain without death of the heart muscle
angiography - Answer-x-ray imaging of blood vessels after injection of contrast material dye
anoxia - Answer-no oxygen
antecubital fossa - Answer-the space of the arm in front of the elbow
antemortem - Answer-before death
, anterior - Answer-in front of
anthracosis - Answer-black pigment from coal or cigarette smoke
Anthropophagia - Answer-insect and animals feeding on body after death
arteriolonephrosclerosis - Answer-small blood vessel disease of the kidney- cases of hypertension
Ascites - Answer-accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity
atelectasis - Answer-collapsed lung
Atherosclerosis - Answer-hardening of the arteries
atrophy - Answer-wasting away
autolysis - Answer-degeneration of cells and tissues after death
Benzolecohnine - Answer-cocaine metabolite
Cardiac tamponade - Answer-blood filling the pericardial sac and compressing the heart
cardiomegaly - Answer-increased size of heart
Adenoma - Answer-a benign tumor made up of glandular elements
Adehesion - Answer-fibrous tissue which connects one structure to another as a response to a disease or
injury
Alveoli - Answer-air sacs in the lungs
ambulatory - Answer-able to walk
anamnestic - Answer-pertaining to recalling/memory
aneurysm - Answer-an outpouching of blood vessel or structure
angina pectoris - Answer-chest pain without death of the heart muscle
angiography - Answer-x-ray imaging of blood vessels after injection of contrast material dye
anoxia - Answer-no oxygen
antecubital fossa - Answer-the space of the arm in front of the elbow
antemortem - Answer-before death
, anterior - Answer-in front of
anthracosis - Answer-black pigment from coal or cigarette smoke
Anthropophagia - Answer-insect and animals feeding on body after death
arteriolonephrosclerosis - Answer-small blood vessel disease of the kidney- cases of hypertension
Ascites - Answer-accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity
atelectasis - Answer-collapsed lung
Atherosclerosis - Answer-hardening of the arteries
atrophy - Answer-wasting away
autolysis - Answer-degeneration of cells and tissues after death
Benzolecohnine - Answer-cocaine metabolite
Cardiac tamponade - Answer-blood filling the pericardial sac and compressing the heart
cardiomegaly - Answer-increased size of heart
