Final pathology master Flashcards
A small elevation of the skin containing pus.
Pustule
Inflammation of the pelvis of the kidney.
Pyelitis
Prefix meaning pus.
Pyo
Reappearance of symptoms after a period of remission (abatement).
Recurrent
Returned, noting symptoms or lesions reappearing after an intermission or remission.
Recurrent disease
The replacement of damaged cells with identical cells.
Regeneration
Temporary cessation of symptoms of a disease.
Remission
Kidney stones.
Renal calculi
Physical or mechanical restoration of damaged or diseased tissue by the growth of healthy new cells, not necessarily the same type, or by surgery.
Repair
The termination of the inflammatory response with the affected part returning to its normal state.
Resolution
Suffix meaning bursting forth.
Rhagia
Suffix meaning flow.
Rhea
Inflammation of the nasal mucous membrane.
Rhinitis
A disease of infants and young children caused by deficiency of vitamin D resulting in defective bone growth.
Rickets
A genus of gram-negative, pathogenic, intracellular parasitic bacteria.
Rickettsia
Area of science that studies rickettsia.
Rickettsiology
Inflammation of the fallopian tube, or of the eustachian tube.
Salpingitis
Suffix meaning hardening.
Sclerosis
Infection caused by a different organism than the one causing the primary infection.
Secondary infection
Condition characterized by the multiplication of bacteria in blood.
Septicemia
Objective disturbances produced by disease, observed by physician, nurse or person attending patient (example: pulse, fever, heart rate).
Signs
Inflammation of the sinus cavities.
Sinusitis
Deals with the specific features of disease in relation to particular organs or organ systems.
Special pathology
Congenital defect in which part of the vertebral column is absent or incomplete closure.
Spina bifida
A genus of spiral bacteria having a corkscrew shape with a rigid cell wall and hair-like projections called flagella that assist in movement.
Spirillum (pl. spirilla)
A genus of bacteria having a flexible cell wall but no flagella in the traditional sense. Movement in these organisms occurs by contractions (undulating) of long filaments (endoflagella) that run the length of the cell.
Spirochete