Disease and embalming terms

Question 1

Causing an abnormal growth of cells

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Neoplastic

Question 2

Causing the enlargement of an organ or tissue caused by an increase in the number of cells

Answer 2

Hyperplastic

Question 3

The enlargement of an organ or structure due to the increase in size of cells composing it

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Hypertrophy

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The increase in size of an organ or tissue due to the excessive but regulated increase in the number of it’s cells

Answer 4

Hyperplasia

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Causing inflammation in a part or parts of the body

Answer 5

Inflammatory

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A tissue reaction to irritation, infection, or injury marked by localized heat, swelling, redness, pain, and sometimes loss of function

Answer 6

Inflammation

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Progressive and often irreversible

Answer 7

Degenerative

Question 8

Related to genes; hereditery

Answer 8

Genetic

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Related to or affecting a child’s physical, cognitive, language, or behavioral development

Answer 9

Development

Question 10

Genetic characteristics transmitted from parent to offspring

Answer 10

Hereditary

Question 11

Generalized edema in subcutaneous tissue

Answer 11

Anasarca

Question 12

Accumulation of free serous fluid in the abdominal cavity

Answer 12

Ascites

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Accumulation of an excess of blood or tissue in a body part

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Congestion

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Blueish discoloration of the skin or mucous membrane due to lack of oxygen

Answer 14

Cyanosis

Question 15

Loss of moisture from body tissue

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Dehydration

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Abnormal accumulation of fluids in tissue or body cavities

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Edema

Question 17

Excessive wasting away of the body

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Emaciation

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Yellowish discoloration of the tissues due to the presence of excessive bilirubin in the blood

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Jaundice

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Crackling sensation produced when gases trapped in tissues are palpated, as in subcutaneous emphysema or tissue gas

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Crepitation

Question 20

Extreme dehydration often resulting in post-embalming discolorations

Answer 20

Desiccation

Question 21

Separation of the epidermis from the underlying dermis

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Desquamation (skin skip)

Question 22

Removal of blood, blood clots, interstitial and lymphatic fluid, and arterial solution during vascular embalming, usually through a vein

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Drainage

Question 23

Abnormal accumulation of fluids in the scrotal sac

Answer 23

Hydrocele

Question 24

Abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles of the brain

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Hydrocephalus

Question 25

Abnormal accumulation of fluid within the pericardial sac

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Hydropericardium

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Abnormal accumulation of fluid in the thoracic cavity

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Hydrothorax

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Metabolic by-products such as urea and uric acid that contain nitrogen and tend to neutralize formaldehyde

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Nitrogenous waste

Question 28

Condition in which interstitial spaces contain such excessive amounts of fluid that the skin remains depressed after palpatation

Answer 28

Pitting edema

Question 29

Postmortem evacuation of any substance from an external orifice of the body as a result of pressure

Answer 29

Purge

Question 30

Postmortem formation of gas associated with anaerobic gas forming bacilli, most commonly, Clostridium perfringens

Answer 30

Tissue gas