Body Processes

Question 1

osteomalacia

Answer 1

gradual SOFTENING of bone

Question 2

osteoporosis

Answer 2

LESSENING of bone DENSITY or increase of porous bone

Question 3

insomnia

Answer 3

inability to SLEEP

Question 4

dyspepsia

Answer 4

impaired DIGESTION

Question 5

polyphagia

Answer 5

excessive EATING or hunger

Question 6

aphasia

Answer 6

a loss of or reduction in SPEAKING ability

Question 7

astroblast

Answer 7

immature CELL

Question 8

hemorrhage

Answer 8

to BLEED profusely

Question 9

dysmenorrhea

Answer 9

difficult menstrual FLOW

Question 10

eupena

Answer 10

easy, normal RESPIRATION

Question 11

hemoplastic

Answer 11

forming NEW blood cells

Question 12

erythropoeisis

Answer 12

FORMATION of red blood cells

Question 13

suicidal

Answer 13

thoughts, plans, gestures, or attempts to DESTROY ONESELF; likely to kill oneself

Question 14

suicide

Answer 14

the act of DESTROYING ONE’S OWN LIFE

Question 15

bacteriocide

Answer 15

agent that DESTROYS bacteria

Question 16

endocrine

Answer 16

a gland that SECRETES hormones into the bloodstream

Question 17

esophagospasm

Answer 17

SPASM of the walls of the esophagus

Question 18

peristalsis

Answer 18

MOVEMENT of the intestines by contraction and relaxation of its tube to move food

Question 19

electrophoresis

Answer 19

movement or CARRYING of particles in an electric field

Question 20

dysplasia

Answer 20

abnormal tissue FORMATION

Question 21

primipara

Answer 21

woman who has GIVEN BIRTH once

Question 22

viviparous

Answer 22

GIVING BIRTH to living young

Question 23

cheiloschisis

Answer 23

a cleft (SPLIT) lip

Question 24

homeostasis

Answer 24

a state of EQUILIBRIUM IN THE BODY

Question 25

angiostenosis

Answer 25

NARROWING of one or more blood vessels

Question 26

esphagostenosis

Answer 26

NARROWING of the esophagus