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Hint	Answer	% Correct
The Inability to regulate blood sugar and insulin	Diabetes	99%
The most common form of dementia	Alzheimer's	89%
Mood disorder, defined by periods of high energy. Alternating with depression	Bipolar Disorder	89%
Yellowed skin or eyes, potentially caused by liver disease	Jaundice	88%
Immunodeficiency caused by HIV	AIDS	87%
Chronic joint pain and inflammation	Arthritis	87%
Learning disability which impairs reading ability	Dyslexia	87%
Neurological Disorder which causes seizures	Epilepsy	85%
Blood or bone marrow cancer that causes an increase in white blood cells, in which an increased number of immature or abnormal leukocytes are formed	Leukemia	85%
Having a BMI ( Body Mass Index) above 30	Obesity	85%
Tropical, mosquito-borne, parasitic disease that affects an estimated 20 million people per year	Malaria	83%
Severe headache associated with nausea and sensitivity to light	Migraine	80%
Causes the need to repeatedly wash ones hands or check if the door is locked	OCD	77%
Curvature of the spine	Scoliosis	77%
Disease of kings, caused by high uric acid, which can result in big toe pain, defective metabolism, and arthritis	Gout	76%
A skin condition occurring mainly in teenagers. Caused by hair follicles plugged with oil and dead skin cells	Acne	74%
Less severe version of autism	Asperger's	72%
Inflammation of the gums	Gingivitis	72%
The uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells anywhere in the body	Cancer	71%
Infection of the outer eye and inner eyelid	Pink Eye	71%
Decreased capacity of the blood to carry oxygen, often caused by iron deficiency	Anemia	70%
Not malignant	Benign	70%
Another word for patella	Kneecap	70%
Bacterial, tick-borne disease causing "bulls eye" rash, fever, and other symptoms	Lyme Disease	70%
Surgeon's knife	Scalpel	70%
Condition that makes it seem like things are spinning when they aren't	Vertigo	70%
A break in the lining of the stomach, esophagus, or small intestine causing an open sore. Ex: Peptic ____	Ulcer	69%
Prefix that means "Related to the heart"	Cardio	67%
A viral Hemorrhagic disease that affects humans and primates. Spread through bodily fluids that killed about 10,000 in Africa in 2013-15	Ebola	67%
A viral disease historically known as "Hydrophobia". Lethal disease causing fear of water, delirium, and encephalitis. Common with dog or bat bite	Rabies	67%
A controversial shot given to stimulate antibodies and provide immunity	Vaccine	67%
The hormone that absorbs blood sugar	Insulin	66%
Difficulty emptying the bowels	Constipation	65%
Disease caused by vitamin C deficiency	Scurvy	65%
The process of using a machine to remove toxins in people with kidney dysfunction	Dialysis	64%
Blood-producing substances in bones	Marrow	64%
A respiratory condition marked by attacks of spasm in the bronchi of the lungs	Asthma	63%
The removal of tissue to make a diagnosis	Biopsy	63%
Viral Disease declared eradicated by the WHO in 1979, causing blisters, scarring, and often death	Smallpox	62%
Cosmetic procedure of removing fat from the body	Liposuction	61%
Reactivation of the Chicken Pox Virus (Varicella) later in life	Shingles	60%
Another word for Coccyx	Tailbone	60%
Bodily organ where offspring are conceived and gestate before birth	Womb	60%
A substance that is produced in the liver and stored in the gall bladder	Bile	58%
A harmless skin blemish that's present when, or develops soon after a baby is borne	Birthmark	58%
A term used to describe an overall feeling of tiredness or lack of energy	Fatigue	58%
A nearly eradicated viral disease with just 200 new cases in 2020. Causes paralysis	Poliomyelitis	57%
AKA "Spanish Flu, an outbreak of this in 1918 killed 3% of the world's population	Influenza	56%
Medical outlook; odds of survival	Prognosis	56%
Death of tissue	Necrosis	55%
Tingling in the wrist often caused by repetitive mouse and keyboard actions	Carpal Tunnel Syndrome	54%
Another word for bruise	Contusion	54%
Common Name for Bovine Spongiform Encepholpathy	Mad Cow Disease	53%
Bacterial disease that causes extreme muscle spasms. AKA "lockjaw"	Tetanus	53%
One of the 3 types of plague, killed up to 60% of Europe's population in the 14th century	Bubonic Plague	52%
An outdated term that was used to describe early symptoms of Alzheimer's disease	Dementia	51%
viral infection of the liver caused by a wide variety of diseases ranging from viruses to alcoholism	Hepatitis	51%
The inability to control sleep-wake cycles	Narcolepsy	50%
An area of irritated or swollen skin	Rash	49%
Sound waves with a frequency too high to be heard. Used for medical imaging	Ultrasound	49%
Prefix that means "Related to the kidney"	Renal	48%
Formerly known as "Consumption" because of how the bacterial virus consumes the body over time	Tuberculosis	48%
Another mosquito borne tropical fever spread by Aedes mosquitoes. Causes jaundice	Yellow Fever	47%
Any substance that increases production of urine	Diuretic	42%
A pea-sized gland that regulates growth	Pituitary Gland	42%
A chronic degenerative disease in which normal liver cells are damaged and are then replaced by scar tissue	Cirrhosis	41%
An ancient disfiguring disease that stigmatized and patients were outcasts	Leprosy	40%
To stick a tube into someone's trachea to help them breathe	Intubation	38%
Spread by mosquitoes, named after an African River	West Nile	38%
Inflammation of the brain, caused by infection or an allergic reaction	Encephalitis	36%
Mosquito-borne tropical illness that can cause birth defects, mainly children being born with smaller heads	Zika Virus	36%
Childhood virus causing swollen salivary glands	Mumps	35%
Spread through contaminated water, results in severe diarrhea and vomiting	Cholera	34%
Loosely-defined chronic pain syndrome	Fibromyalgia	34%
A disorder characterized by compulsive overeating followed by vomiting	Bulimia Nervosa	33%
A condition that occurs when damaged body tissue dies	Gangrene	33%
A hereditary disorder affecting the exocrine glands. It causes the production of abnormally thick mucus	Cystic Fibrosis	31%
Paralysis of all 4 limbs	Quadriplegia	31%
One of the 2 male chromosomes	X Chromosome	30%
Relatively common Bacterial STI	Gonorrhea	28%
Mosquito-borne tropical fever with a characteristic rash. Also known as "Breakbone Fever"	Dengue Fever	26%
A genetic condition of having an extra male chromosome	XYY	25%
The formation of pouches within the bowel wall	Diverticulitis	23%
Common bacterial cause of severe sore throat	Streptococcus	23%
A blood clot in the lung that has moved from somewhere else in the body	Pulmonary Embolism	21%
Inflammation of the membranes surrounding your brain and spinal cord, caused by a bacterial infection	Bacterial Meningitis	19%
Removal of the gall bladder	Cholecystectomy	19%
An abnormal buildup of cerebrospinalfluid	Hydrocephalus	19%
Virus also known as the "winter vomiting bug" named after Norwalk, Ohio	Norovirus	19%
Inflammation of the fibrous sack surrounding the heart	Pericarditis	19%
An abnormal collection of air or gas in the pleural spece	Pneumothorax	18%
Genus of bacteria that causes typhoid	Salmonella	17%
Quivering or irregular heartbeat	Atrial Fibrillation	13%
Illness in which blood vessels become inflamed. Named after a Japanese doctor	Kawasaki Syndrome	13%
A genetic disorder that affects the body's connective tissue	Marfan Syndrome	13%
Infection of the middle ear, caused by a variety of infectious agents	Otitis Media	13%
An autoimmune neuromuscular disorder that is characterized by fatigue and exhaustion of muscles	Myasthenia Gravis	11%
Prion disease endemic to Papua, New Guinea.	Kuru	9%
Removal of the glands or tumors in the glands behind your thyroid	Parathyroidectomy	9%
Type of microbe which causes "jock itch"	Yeast	9%
1st noted to cause epidemic of pneumonia among veterans in Philadelphia	Legionnaire's Disease	8%
Type of Meningitis associated with contaminated steroid injections	Fungal	7%
A genetic disorder impairing the body's ability to produce blood clots	Hemophelia	7%
Illness caused by Epstein-Barr virus, commonly known as glandular fever or "kissing disease"	Infectious Mononucleosis	7%
Removing 2 lobes of the lung	Bilobectomy	5%
When the stomach is separated into 2 pouches, and the small intestine is connected to both	Gastric Bypass Surgery	5%
The removal of a small renal tumor while preserving the remaining kidney	Partial Nephrectomy	5%
Fungal disease endemic to the southwestern U.S	Valley Fever	5%
The inability of the liver to perform its normal function. AKA Liver failure	Hepatic Insufficiency	4%
Symptoms due to elevated androgens in females	Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome	4%
Disease that often causes internal and external bleeding as the disease progresses	Hemorrhagic Fever	3%
Surgery to stop blood from flowing the wrong way through a passage in your heart	Mitral Valve Replacement	2%
Rare Bacterial disease spread by domestic animals	Q Fever	2%
Abnormal accumulation of mucin, causing distention of the appendix	Appendiceal Mucocele	1%
Technique that allows passage through the nose to operate on areas of the brain and the top of the spine	Endonasal Endoscopy	1%