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Pathology Flashcards

1
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Path/o

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Disease

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Eti/o

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Cause

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Onc/o

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Cancer

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Aden/o

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Gland

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Cry/o

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Cold

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Chemo/o

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Drug or chemical

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Therm/o

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Heat

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Sarc/o

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Flesh,connective tissue

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-oma

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Tumor

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Necr/o

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Death

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-carnicoma

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Malignant growth made of epithelial cells, invaders surrounding tissue

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Pleomorphism

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Ple/o-more than one
Morph-shape
Ism-condition

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Neoplasm

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neo-new

plasm-formed material of a cell

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Microtome

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Micro-small

Home-instrument to cut

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Lymphoma

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Lymph-lymphatic tissue

Oma-tumor

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oropharyngeal

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Oro-mouth
Pharying-pharynx
Eal-pertaining to

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Hemangiosarcoma

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Hem-blood
Angio-vessels
Sarc-connective
Oma-tumor

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Necropsy

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Necr-death

Opsy-view

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Osteosarcoma

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Osteo-bone
Sarc-connective tissue
Oma-tumor

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Degenerative

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Change in tissue to a lower or less active form

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Atrophy

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Decrease in size or a complete wasting of an organ, tissue, or cell

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Benign

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Not malignant, not recurrent, favorable for recovery

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Congenital

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Present at birth

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Viscera

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Plural for viscus, any larger interior organ in any of the great body cavities , especially those in the abdomen

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Incisional Biopsy

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The removal of a piece of tumor or lesion for examination

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Excisional Biopsy

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The removal of an entire tumor or lesion in addition to a margin of surrounding tissue for examination

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Ancillary

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Helping, supporting, supplementing

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Mitotic Figures

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The condensed chromosomes by which a cell that is undergoing mitosis can be identified

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Hyperplasia

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The abnormal increase of the number of normal cells in the normal arrangement in an organ, tissue, or cell

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Hypertrophy

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Increased in the size of an organ, tissue, or cell.

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Iatrogenic

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Produced by treatment

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Idiophatic

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Of unknown cause

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Ischemia

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Deficiency in blood supply

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malignant

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Tending to become progressively worse and result in death

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Metastasis

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A pathogenic growth distant from the primary disease site

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Multicentric

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Occurring in many different sites at the same time

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Necrosis

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Tissue death

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Pathology

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The study of nature, causes and development of abnormal conditions

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Etiology

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The study of disease causes

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Systemic

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Pertaining to or affecting in the body as whole

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Cadaver

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A dead body

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Axillary

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Pertaining to armpit

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Inguinal

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Pertaining to the groing

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Acute

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Having a short course with sudden onset

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Chronic

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Having a long course with progressive onset

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Peritoneum

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Membranes lining the walls of the abdomen and pelvic cavities and covering some of the organs in the area

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Partietal

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Of or pertaining to the walls of an organ or cavity

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Infectious Agents

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A microorganism that invades and multiplies in body tissue

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Contagious

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Capable of transmission from one animal to another

VT9B Terminology (6 decks)

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