Chapter 3 Disease and Treatment Flashcards by Kearra King

acute

sudden, severe, having a short course

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benign

not recurrent or malignant, does not spread to other tissues

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carcinoma

malignant neoplasm composed of epithelial cells

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chronic

of long duration, progressing slowly

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edema

accumulation of fluid, swelling

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etiology

cause of a disease

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lesion

a distinct area of damaged tissue, an injury or wound

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malignant

growing worse, harmful, an invasive tumor that can spread

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metastasis

spread from one part of the body to another

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neoplasm

a tumor, abnormal growth, may be benign or malignant

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pathogen

an organism capable of causing disease

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sepsis

the presence of harmful microorganisms or their toxins in the blood or other tissues

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alg/o
algi/o
algesi/o

pain

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carcin/o

cancer, carcinoma

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cyst/o

filled sac or pouch, cyst, bladder

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lith

calculus, stone

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onc/o

tumor

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path/o

disease

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py/o

pus

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pyr/o

pyret/o

fever, fire

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scler/o

hard

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tox/o

toxic/o

poison

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brady-

slow

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dys-

abnormal, painful, difficult

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mal-

bad, poor

pachy-

thick

tachy-

rapid

xero-

dry

-odynia

pain

-oma (plural: -omas, -omata)

tumor

-pathy

any disease of

-rhage -rhagia (double the r when adding this suffix to a root)

bursting forth, profuse flow, hemorrhage

-rhea

flow, discharge

-rhexis

rupture

schisis

fissure, splitting

-graph

instrument for recording data

-graphy

act of recording data (evaluation and interpretation of the data)

-gram

a record of data

-meter

instrument for measuring

-metry

measurement of

-scope

instrument used for viewing or examining

-scopy

examination of

-centesis

puncture, tap

-desis

binding, fusion

-ectomy

excision, surgical removal

-pexy

surgical fixation

-plasty

plastic repair, plastic surgery, reconstruction

-rhaphy

surgical repair, suture

-stomy

surgical creation of an opening

-tome

instrument for incising (cutting)

-tomy

incision, cutting

-tripsy

crushing

prognosis

prediction of a diseases outcome

inflammation

a localized response to tissue injury characterized by heat, pain, redness, and swelling

necrosis

death of tissue

parasite

organism that grows on or in another organism (the host), causing damage to it

sarcoma

malignant neoplasm arising from connective tissue

- algia | - algesia

pain

-itis

inflammation

-megaly

enlargement

spasm

sudden contraction, cramp

myc/o

fungus, mold

epidemic

affecting many people in a given region at the same time, a disease that breaks out in a large proportion of a population at a given time

idiopathic

having no known cause

in situ

localized, noninvasive; said of tumors that do not spread, such as carcinoma in situ

nosocomial

describing an infection acquired in a hospital

pandemic

describing a disease that is prevalent throughout an entire region or the world

abscess

a localized collection of pus

diagnosis

the process of determining the cause and nature of an illness

blood pressure

ETOH

alcohol (ethyl alcohol)

heart rate

history

IPPA

inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation

vital signs

diagnosis

drug, prescription, therapy

STAT

immediately

sepsis

the presence of harmful microorganisms or their toxins in the blood or other tissues

trauma

physical or psychological wound or injury