Attempts: 4 | Correct: 3 | Accuracy: 75.0% (your overall: 60.0%)
Memorize these and you could recognize 13.1% of all Medicine clues.
| # | Answer | Appearances | Sample Clue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sickle cell anemia | 16 | James Herrick was the first to identify this blood disorder that afflicts many black Americans |
| 2 | Hippocrates | 12 | Greek physician who coined "chronic", "relapse", & "convalescence" |
| 3 | diabetes | 12 | Common name for chronic disease involving lack of insulin |
| 4 | cholesterol | 12 | Acting in the liver, Lovastatin, a new drug, can reduce this in your blood up to 39% |
| 5 | Tuberculosis | 11 | Christmas seals now fight all lung disease, but originally targeted this #1 killer of early 1900s |
| 6 | Malaria | 10 | This mosquito-borne disease can be treated with chloroquine, primaquine or quinine |
| 7 | Dr. Spock | 10 | This pediatrician began writing his "Baby and Child Care" book while serving in the Navy during World War II |
| 8 | German measles | 10 | Swollen lymph glands are a symptom of this disease that's also known as the three-day measles |
| 9 | the heart | 9 | A defibrillator is used to restart this |
| 10 | Penicillin | 9 | U.S. mass production of this drug became possible by discovery of a mold on cantaloupe |
| 11 | chicken pox | 9 | Disease which makes kids look like "connect the dots", same virus can cause shingles later on |
| 12 | high blood pressure | 9 | Hypertension is the medical term for this |
| 13 | the kidneys | 9 | The outer surface of each of these organs is covered by a thin membrane called a renal capsule |
| 14 | asthma | 8 | Sometimes these breathing attacks can be controlled by bronchodilators |
| 15 | arthritis | 8 | Meaning "joint inflammation", this is man's oldest known chronic disease |
| 16 | vitamin D | 7 | Rickets is caused by inadequate exposure to sunlight or a lack of this vitamin in the diet |
| 17 | smallpox | 7 | In 1977, the world's last naturally-occurring case of this disease occurred in Somalia |
| 18 | polio | 7 | In the '40s, Sister Kenny, an Australian nurse, brought her treatment for this disease to the U.S. |
| 19 | hepatitis | 7 | This inflammation of the liver can be caused by viruses, drugs or alcohol |
| 20 | glaucoma | 7 | From Greek for "gray", this eye disorder is characterized by extreme pressure in the eyeball |
| 21 | the nose | 7 | Artificial respiration is most effective when it's mouth-to-mouth or mouth-to-this body part |
| 22 | the eyes | 7 | Lack of coordination between these matching organs is called strabismus |
| 23 | the stethoscope | 7 | René Laënnec is credited with inventing this instrument used to listen to a patient's heartbeat |
| 24 | whooping cough | 6 | A DPT shot protects against diptheria, tetanus & pertussis, which is better known as this |
| 25 | rabies | 6 | You can get this disease, sometimes call hydrophobia, just by breathing in a cave full of infected bats |
| 26 | ibuprofen | 6 | The non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used in Nuprin & Advil |
| 27 | Doctor Zhivago | 6 | 1965:Omar Sharif as this sensitive-yet-philandering Russian doctor |
| 28 | dialysis | 6 | In the 1940s Dutch doctor Willem Kolff gave kidney patients new hope with this filtering machine |
| 29 | acupuncture | 6 | Ancient Chinese medical practice in which needles are inserted in the skin at key points |
| 30 | the thyroid | 6 | Overactivity in this gland found in the neck can cause hot flashes, weight loss & rapid heartbeat |
| 31 | hay fever | 6 | In Britain, timothy grass is usually the cause of this sneezing malady |
| 32 | the lungs | 6 | A spirometer measures the capacity of these organs |
| 33 | Vitamin C | 5 | Many believe this vitamin can prevent colds, but the AMA says there's no scientific evidence |
| 34 | the liver | 5 | Hepatomegaly is defined as enlargement of this organ |
| 35 | the appendix | 5 | Described as vermiform, or wormlike, it's attached to the right side of the large intestine |
| 36 | Tetanus | 5 | This disease which can affect many muscles, not just those of the mouth, is also called lockjaw |
| 37 | shingles | 5 | Herpes zoster, it's caused by chicken pox virus, not by mending roofs |
| 38 | scurvy | 5 | Swollen & bleeding gums are a symptom of this vitamin C deficiency, once the scourge of sailors |
| 39 | osteoporosis | 5 | In a "Got Milk" ad, Jennifer Love Hewitt says she hates this bone condition, so she has fat free milk with every meal |
| 40 | meningitis | 5 | This inflammation of the membranes that cover the brain can be epidemic |
| 41 | insulin | 5 | Humans produce it in the islets of Langerhans but now lab bacteria can make it, too |
| 42 | Hemophilia | 5 | Queen Victoria passed this hereditary blood disease to many of her royal descendants |
| 43 | gout | 5 | Occuring many times more often in men than in women, this uric acid disorder can get you by the toes |
| 44 | frostbite | 5 | People with poor circulation are especially susceptible to this type of freezing of a body part |
| 45 | fiber | 5 | 1/3 of Americans over 60 have diverticulosis, which can be caused by a lack of this in the diet |
| 46 | calcium | 5 | Doses of this mineral are prescribed for women suffering from osteoporosis |
| 47 | Sigmund Freud | 5 | In 1895 he began replacing hypnosis as a form of therapy with free association |
| 48 | ulcers | 4 | The peptic ones of these are usually broken down into gastric & duodenal types |
| 49 | the retina | 4 | Nearsighted people are more prone than others to having this part of the eye become detached |
| 50 | the kidney | 4 | In the 1950s it became the first organ to be successfully transplanted in humans |