pathology Flashcards
Pathology
The study of disease and the way it affects the functions of the body.
Disease
A condition that affects the normal functioning of the body; in some cases known as a disorder
Symptoms
The effects of a disease that a person feels, such as aches and pains
Communicable disease
A disease that is contagious
Non-communicable disease
A disease that isn’t contagious
Pathologist
A doctor who studies diseases and causes of death
Geneticist
Someone who studies how traits and genetics are passed down
Oncologist
A doctor who specializes in treating cancer
Psychiatrist
A doctor who specializes in treating emotional or behavioral issues
Immunologist
A doctor who studies how well the body can fight against diseases and infections.
-algia
Pain
-dynia
Pain
-ectasia, -ectasis
Dilation; the stretching of a body structure
-edema
Swelling
-itis
Inflammation
-emesis
To vomit; vomiting
Esthesi(o)
Feeling or sensation
-malacia
Soft, softening
-megaly
Enlargement
-oid
Resembling
-penia
Deficiency
-rrhage, -rrhagia
Excessive bleeding or hemorrhage
-rrhea
Flow or discharge
-rrhexis
Rupture
-spasm
Involuntary contraction, twitching or cramp
-therapy
Treatment
Pharmac(o), pharmaceut(i)
Drugs or medicine
Therapeut(o)
Treatment
Algesi(o)
Sensitivity to pain
Chem(o)
Chemical
Cry(o)
Cold
Therm(o)
Heat
Narc(o)
Stupid
Surgery
The treatment or investigation of disease through cutting or manipulation of the body
Surgeon
A physician who specializes in surgery
-scope
A surgical instrument used for viewing and in diagnostic purposes
-ectomy
A surgical procedure involving an excision, or cutting out
-tome
Instrument used for cutting
-stomy
Forming an opening or joining 2 previously unconnected organs
-tomy
Incision, or cutting into tissue
-tripsy
Intentional surgical crushing of a part of the body
-centesis
A surgical procedure to aspirate or remove fluid
Aspirate
To remove a fluid by vacuum suction
Excision
A surgical procedure of removing or cutting out
-lysis
The process of loosening, freeing or destroying
-pexy
The surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position)
-plasty
Surgical repair
-rrhaphy
Suture (uniting a wound with stitches)
-stasis
Stopping, controlling
