Chapter 6 Flashcards
Acute
Short course, sudden, severe
Benign
Not recurrent or malignant, tumor that does not spread.
Carcinoma
Malignant neoplasm (harmful growth of tissue) in epithelial cells
Chronic
Long duration
Cyst
Abnormal fluid filled sac
Edema
Fluid in tissues; swelling
Etiology
Cause of disease
Gram stain
Lab test that divides bacteria into gram-positive (purple) or gram-negative (red).
Hernia
Rupture, protrusion of organ through abnormal opening.
Inflammation
Tissue injury that invloves: heat, pain, redness and swelling.
Lesion
Wound, damaged tissue
Malignant
Harmful, causes death, tumour that spreads
Metastasis
Spreads from one body part to another, cancer does this.
Microorganism
Small organism that can only be seen by a telescope
Necrosis
Death of tissue
Necr/o
Death
Cyst/o
Fluid filled sac; bladder, gallbladder, cyst
Ex. Cystic - pertaining to or having cysts
Neoplasm
Abnormal growth of tissue (tumor)
Plasm
Formation
Parasite
Organism that grows on another (host) causing damage to that host.
Pathogen
Organism capable of causing disease
Path/o
Disease
Phagocytosis
Ingestion of organisms by a cell such as waste or bacteria that is then destroyed.
Prolapse
Dropping downward displacement of organ
Pus
Product of inflammation resulting in fluid and white blood cells
Sarcoma
Malignant neoplasm arising from connective tissue
Sepsis
The presence of harmful microorganisms or toxins in blood or tissue.
Toxin
Poison
py/o
Pus
Sarco
Flesh
tox/o toxic/o
Toxin
ex. endotoxin - toxin within bacterial cells
Trauma
Physical or psychological wound
alg/o
pain
Ex. algesia - condition of having pain
algi/o
pain
Ex. algesia - condition of having pain
algesi/o
pain
Ex. algesia - condition of having pain
carcin/o
cancer, carcinoma
Ex. Carcinoid - resembling a carcinoma
lith
calculus, stone
Ex. lithiasis - stone formation
onc/o
tumor
Ex. oncogenic - causing a tumor
pyr/o
fever, fire
Ex. pyrexia - fever
pyret/o
fever, fire
Ex. pyrexia - fever
scler/o
hard
ex. sclerosis - hardening of tissue
Prefix: brady
slow
ex. bradypnea - slow breathing rate
pnea
breathing
Prefix: dys
abnormal, painful, difficult
ex. dysplasia - abnormal development of tissue
plas
tissue
Prefix: mal
bad, poor
ex. malabsorption - poor absorption of nutrients
Prefix: pachy
thick
ex. patchycephaly - abnormal thickness of skull
Prefix: tachy
Rapid
ex. tachycardia - rapid heart rate
cardi/o
heart
Prefix: xero
dry
ex. xeroderma - dry skin
Suffix: algia
pain
ex. neuralgia - pain in nerve
neur/o
nerve
Suffix: algesia
pain
ex. neuralgia - pain in nerve
Suffix: cele
hernia, localized dilation
ex. gastrocele - hernia of stomach