Statistics for Medicine and related terms with P

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
An organ of the digestive system, which produces insulin	Pancreas	97%
A disease prevalent over the whole country or world, example, covid	Pandemic	91%
Carrying a fetus in the womb	Pregnancy	89%
The first discovered antibiotic	Penicillin	86%
A branch of medicine dealing with children	Pediatrics	84%
Fluid matrix of the blood	Plasma	80%
A bacterial infection which causes severe inflammation of the lungs in which the alveoli are filled with fluid	Pneumonia	80%
The part of the eye through which light enters	Pupil	80%
A nutritive component of diet	Protein	78%
Also called the master endocrine gland	Pituitary	74%
Birth before the completion of gestation	Premature	73%
A sample of cells of the cervix for testing	Pap smear	71%
Of or relating to the lungs	Pulmonary	70%
A gland in the male reproductive system	Prostate	67%
Heartbeat	Pulse	66%
A progressive nervous system disorder that affects movement	Parkinson’s disease	61%
Blood clotting agents	Platelets	61%
DNA consists of these, Purines and	Pyrimidines	58%
Abnormal pounding or fast beating of the heart	Palpitation	57%
Components of voice, frequency and	Pitch	49%
A method used to multiply DNA fragments for laboratory studies	PCR	38%
The external ear	Pinna	36%
SA Node is also called	Pacemaker	33%
The full form of PET, a radiology procedure	Positron Emission Tomography	31%
The two girdles in the body, pectoral and	Pelvic	30%
Also called ‘infantile paralysis’	Polio	30%
Specialised cardiac muscle fibres forming a network of conducting tissue in the heart	Purkinje fibres	28%
Another term for ‘fever’	Pyrexia	26%
Preventive and curative measures against a disease or ailment	Prophylaxis	18%
Another term for childbirth	Parturition	7%