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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.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

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. A03Celiac disease -






2. 'A25Reiter's syndrome - ankylosing spondylitis' -






3. Streptococcus pneumoniae -






4. A06Ankylosing spondylitis -






5. A00Peptic ulcer disease -






6. Osteosarcoma -


7. Klebsiella -






8. Wilson's disease -






9. Tapeworm infection causing megaloblastic anemia by consuming large amount of vit B12 in the host -






10. Diphtheria toxin & Pseudomonas exotoxon A -






11. Alcoholic liver disease -






12. A01Cushing's ulcer (increased ICP that stimulates vagal gastric secretion) -






13. 'A39a1 antitrypsin deficiency - causing elastase - = - compliance in the lung' -






14. Endocarditis - Type III Immune complex mediated


15. Henoch - Schonlein purpura -


16. A04Acute Myelogenous Leukemia - (esp promyelogenous type) -






17. Alzheimer's disease -






18. A01Guillain - Barre (increased protein in CSF with only modest increase in cell count) -






19. McArdle's disease -






20. Acanthamoeba -






21. Pneumomediastinum (aka mediastinal emphysema)






22. P- ANCA -'A10Wegener's granulomatosis - polyarteritis nodosa' -






23. Sheehan's syndrome






24. A08Digoxin toxicity -






25. Hemangioma






26. A09Haemochromatosis -






27. K- F Circle - Ataxia - A24Wilson's disease -






28. A02Vitelline Yolk Sac Tumor - Hepatocellular CA -






29. Wallenberg's syndrome






30. Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria






31. Acute glomerulonephritis






32. Lyme disease -






33. Pericarditis






34. Babesia microti: Babesiosis & Borrelia burgdorferi: Lyme Disease -






35. 'A23Methionine - Threonine - Valine - Arginine - Histadine' -






36. Cholangitis - (Charcot's Triad) -






37. A04Rheumatic Fever -






38. Rifampin -






39. Infectious mononucleosis (EBV) -






40. A05Mycoplasma pneumoniae -






41. Alport's syndrome -






42. Clindamycin






43. Arnold - Chiari Malformation -






44. A08Chronic Bronchitis -






45. Minimal Change (Lipoid nephrosis) disease






46. A04Guillain - Barre syndrome -






47. Hydrocele






48. Glanzmann's thrombasthenia -






49. Behcet's syndrome - a form of vasculitis that can lead to ulceration and other lesions. (Not Reiters!) -






50. rabies -