Path Flashcards
disease
molecular, cellular, tissue, organ and organismic damage caused by an etiology and mediated by pathogenic mechanism
VINDICATE
vascular, inflammatory, neoplastic, drugs/toxins, infectious, congenital, autoimmune, traumatic, endocrine
diagnosis
the name of a disease
etiololgy
the cause of disease
pathogensis
the sequence of events that leads from the etiology to the manifestations of disease
symptoms
disease manifestation perceived and reported by the patient
sign
manifestation of disease that can be identified by physical examination, laboratory tests, imaging studies and other methods
differential diagnosis
ranked list of the most likely diagnoses based on the signs and symptoms of disease in a given patient
hypertrophy
increase in cell size
hyperplasia
increase in cell numbers
atrophy
decrease in cell size
metaplasia
conversion of one differentiated cell type to another
dysplasia
disordered growth and maturation of the cellular components of a tissue (precursor to malignant neoplasia)
neoplasia
autonomous growth of cells that have escaped normal regulation of cell proliferation
benign
localized
