Medical Meanings: Names of Diseases

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1. This medical condition is not a single disease but a group of about two hundred diseases. The name of which group of diseases means "crab"? cancer plague impetigo arthritis

2. The name of this disease comes from a Greek word which means "scaly". It is also known by the eponym, "Hansen's disease". plague scurvy shingles leprosy

3. Smallpox was named "small" to distinguish it from the "great" pox. Which disease was the "great pox"? syphilis gonorrhoea chicken pox bubonic plague

4. The name of which sexually transmitted disease was derived from the title of a poem by Dr Girolamo Fracastoro? gonorrhoea syphilis herpes chlamydia

5. Which disease is not caused by "bad air" as its name implies but by microscopic animal parasites? diarrhoea halitosis malaria asthma

6. The correct medical terminology for this disease is parotitis (an infection of the parotid glands). What is its common name? whooping cough mumps glandular fever parrot fever

7. Which of the following diseases has a name which does NOT mean "red"? scarlatina (scarlet fever) rubella (German measles) leprosy rubeola (measles)

8. This disease derives its name from another disease because the two diseases are very alike. It is commonly transmitted via contaminated food and water. It can also be transmitted by people who have not suffered the disease but are carriers of the bacteria which causes it. cholera typhoid botulism polio

9. The name of which viral disease means "to creep" in Greek, referring to the way this skin eruption spreads around the body? eczema impetigo herpes psoriasis

10. The correct medical term for this disease is varicella. What is its common name? measles whooping cough mumps chickenpox