Pathology Flashcards
Benign
Not malignant, not recurrent, favorable for recovery
Atrophy
Decrease in the size or a complete wasting of an organ or tissue or cell
Present at birth.
Congenital
Tome
Instrument to cut
Any large internal organ in a body cavities, especially those in the abdomen
Viscera
Degeneration
Change in tissue to a lower or less active form
The removal of a piece of a tumor or lesion for examination
Incisional biopsy
Mitotic figures
Condensed chromosomes seen during mitosis
The removal of an entire tumor or lesion including margins of surrounding tissue for examination .
Excisional biopsy
Ancillary
Helping,supporting, supplement
Hyperplasia
Abnormal increase in the number of normal cells.
Increase in the size of an organ or tissue or cell
Hypertrophy
Osteo
Bone
Iatrogenic
Produced by treatment
Of unknown cause
Idiopathic
Hem
Blood
Deficiency in blood supply
Ischemia
Tending to become progressively worse and result in death
Malignant
Sarc/o
Flesh, connective tissue
Micro
Small
Pathogenic growth distant from primary disease site
Metastasis
Tissue death
Necrosis
Pertaining to or affecting the body as a whole
Systemic
Cadaver
A dead body
Axillary
Pertaining to the armpit.