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Question

1. Medicationadministeredtopreventorreducefeverisreferredtoas______________________.
2. An abnormally low body temperature is known as ______________________.
3. Thepatient’sconsistencyandaccuracyinfollowingaprescribedregimenisknownas____________.
4. Asubstancethateasestheseverityofadiseasebutdoesnotcureitisknownasa/an_____________.
5. Thehigh-pitchedsoundcausedbyapartialblockageofthepharynx,larynx,andtracheaisknownas
______________________.
6. Listeningthroughastethoscopeforsoundswithinthebodyisknownas______________________.
7. Theultrasonicimagingtechniqueusedtoevaluateheartstructuresthatisperformedfrominsidetheesophagusis
______________________ echocardiography.
8. Thepunctureofaveinforthepurposeofdrawingbloodisknownas______________________.
9. Thetestmeasuringthepercentagebyvolumeofpackedredbloodcellsinawholebloodsampleisknownas
______________________.
10. Thepresenceofbloodintheurineisknownas______________________.

Answer 1

1. Medication administered to prevent or reduce fever is referred to as antipyretic.
2. An abnormally low body temperature is known as hypothermia.
3. The patient’s consistency and accuracy in following a prescribed regimen is known as adherence.
4. A substance that eases the severity of a disease but does not cure it is known as an ameliorative.
5. The high-pitched sound caused by a partial blockage of the pharynx, larynx, and trachea is known as stridor.
6. Listening through a stethoscope for sounds within the body is known as auscultation.
7. The ultrasonic imaging technique used to evaluate heart structures that is performed from inside the esophagus is transesophageal echocardiography.
8. The puncture of a vein for the purpose of drawing blood is known as venipuncture.
9. The test measuring the percentage by volume of packed red blood cells in a whole blood sample is known as hematocrit.
10. The presence of blood in the urine is known as hematuria.