Match the Medical Terms with Their Definitions

question 53

Multiple Choice

Match the medical terms with their definitions.
-act of swallowing

• A)anastomosis
• B)anorexia
• C)antacids
• D)antiemetics
• E)ascites
• F)barium enema
• G)barium swallow
• H)borborygmus
• I)cachexia
• J)cholelithiasis
• K)Crohn disease
• L)deglutition
• M)diverticulosis
• N)dysentery
• O)dyspepsia
• P)flatus
• Q)endoscopy
• R)hemorrhoid
• S)hernia
• T)irritable bowel syndrome
• U)jaundice
• V)laxatives
• W)melena
• X)obstipation
• Y)steatorrhea
• Z)ulcer

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Definitions:

Carbocation Rearrangement

A process in which a carbocation intermediate undergoes structural reorganization to form a more stable ion during a chemical reaction.

Hg(OAc)2

Mercury(II) acetate, a compound used as a reagent in organic synthesis, particularly in oxymercuration-demercuration reactions.

Sodium Borohydride

A chemical reagent and reducing agent that is widely used in the reduction of aldehydes, ketones, and acyl chlorides to alcohols.

Transformation

A process by which one chemical compound is changed into another by a chemical reaction or a physical process.