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USMLE Buzzwords

Subjects : health-sciences, usmle
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A03Amyloidosis -






2. SHYPSat Shigella Yersinia enterolytica (AKA Pestis) Proteus Salmonella -






3. A01Bruton's disease -






4. Neuroblastoma -






5. DIC -






6. Streptococcus pneumoniae -






7. A07Kluver - Bucy syndrome -






8. 'A44Streptococcus pneumoniae - Haemophilus influenzae - Neisseria meningitidis'






9. A04Acute post - streptococcal GN (due to bHGASrtep) Anti streptolysin O -






10. Congenital Conjugated Hyperbilirubinemia


11. Treponema palidum & Pneumocystis Carinii (cannot be cultured on inert media but can be found extra cellularly in the body) -






12. McArdle's disease -






13. Female - forty and fertile) - A21Acute cholecystitis -






14. CML






15. Rotor's syndrome -






16. 'A04Wernicke's encephalopathy (thiamine deficiency = ataxia - opthalmoplegia - confusion)' -






17. Type II Membrano Proliferative GN -






18. Chediak - Higashi Disease






19. A09Hyperparathyroidism - Osteitis fibrosa cystica (Von Recklinghausen's disease) -






20. Due to Micropolyspora faeni (thermophilic actinomycetes) -


21. A06Ankylosing spondylitis -






22. Rifampin -






23. Pityriasis rosea -






24. 'A25Wet beriberi (thiamine - vitamin B1 deficiency)' -






25. Corneybacterium diphtheriae -


26. Hodgkin's Lymphoma






27. Central apnea in CHF increased ICP -






28. Gaucher's disease -






29. 'A17Pellagra - (Vitamin B3 - Niacin Deficiency)' -






30. Negatively birefringent crystals - A34Gout -






31. A00Peptic ulcer disease -






32. Fanconi' syndrome






33. A01Waterhouse - Friderichsen syndrome -






34. M. tuberculosis ID -






35. Multiple myeloma -






36. Dressler's syndrome






37. Granulosa Theca Cell Tumor of the Ovary -






38. Sezary Syndrome -






39. Hemangioma






40. Chaga's Disease (Trypanosoma infection) -






41. Duchenne's Muscular dystrophy -






42. A05Goodpasture's syndrome -






43. Guillain - Barre syndrome -






44. Herpes virus -






45. A05Sickle cell anemia -






46. A08Congenital rubella -






47. Coarctation of the aorta -






48. Culture for all Fungi ie…Culture Cryptococcus neofromans which is found in pigeon droppings






49. A01Severe cellular immune deficiency SCID -






50. Trypansoma brucei gambiense & rhodiense: African Sleeping Sickness -