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Pathology master for exam #3 Flashcards

1
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Prefix meaning uterus.

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Hyster

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Suffix meaning a process.

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Iasis

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Results rom the adverse activity of medical personnel.

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Iatrogenic

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Of unknown cause (example: essential hypertension).

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Idiopathic

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Any foreign or heterogeneous substance contained in a cell or in any tissue or organ that was not introduced as a result of trauma.

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Inclusions

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Plant life occurring or adapted for living in a specific environment.

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Indigenous flora

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The formation of an area of necrosis in a tissue caused by obstruction in the artery supplying the area.

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Infarction

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The state or condition in which the body or a part of it is invaded by a pathogenic agent that, under favorable conditions, multiplies and produces injurious effects.

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Infection

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The harboring of animal parasites, especially macroscopic forms, such as ticks or mosquitos.

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Infestation

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The process of seepage or diffusion into tissue of substances that are not ordinarily present.

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Infiltration

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A tissue reaction to irritation, infection, or injury marked by localized heat, swelling, redness, pain and sometimes loss of function.

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Inflammation

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Prefix meaning below.

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Infra

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A substance that kills insects.

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Insecticide

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Prefix meaning between.

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Inter

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Prefix meaning within.

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Intra

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State of being intoxicated, especially of being poisoned by a drug or toxic substance.

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Intoxication

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Extravasation of blood within the skull.

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Intracranial hemorrhage

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A compound consisting of iodine combined with a carrier, such as polyvinylpyrrolidone, often used as a preoperative skin disinfectant.

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Iodophores

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Reduction in arterial blood supply.

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Ischemia

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Condition that results when the body part that dies had little blood and remains aseptic and occurs when the arteries but no the veins are obstructed.

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Ischemic necrosis

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Suffix meaning inflammation of.

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Itis

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Conditions characterized by excessive concentration of bilirubin in the skin and tissues and deposition of excessive bile pigment in the skin, cornea, body fluids, and mucous membranes with the resulting yellow appearance of the patient.

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Jaundice

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A tear or town wound.

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Laceration

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A substance that kills insect larva.

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Larvacide

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Specific pathological structural or functional changes of both brought about by disease or injury.

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Lesion

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Disease characterized by the appearance of great numbers of immature and abnormal white blood cells.

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Leukemia

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Prefix meaning white.

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Leuko

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Increase in the number of white blood cells in blood.

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Leucocytosis

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Abnormal reduction in the number of white blood cells in the blood.

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Leucopenia

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30
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A tumor composed of fatty tissue.

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Lipoma

31
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Suffix meaning stone.

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Lith

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The major organ for detoxification and production of bile.

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Liver

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Infection caused by germs lodging and multiplying at one point in a tissue and remaining there.

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Local infection

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Malignancy of lymphoid tissue.

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Lymphoma

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Suffix meaning to dissolve.

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Lysis

36
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Prefix meaning large.

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Macro

37
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Prefix meaning bad.

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Mal

38
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Suffix meaning softening.

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Malacia

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A defect or deformity.

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Malformation (anomaly)

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Prefix meaning breast.

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Mast

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A forensically trained physician (medical doctor) whose duty is the investigate questionable or unattended deaths.

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Medical examiner

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The spread of tumor cells from one part of the body to another by blood or lymph.

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Metastasis

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Temperature above which bacterial growth will not take place, 120 degrees F.

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Maximum temperature

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A living organism or an object that is capable of transmitting infections by carrying the disease agent on its external body parts or surface.

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Mechanical vector

45
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Study of disease to ascertain cause and manner of death.

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Medicolegal (forensic) pathology

46
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Prefix meaning great.

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Mega

47
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Suffix meaning large.

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Megaly

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Prefix meaning thick.

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Melan

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A malignant pigmented mole.

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Melanoma

50
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Blood in stool.

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Melena

51
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Prefix meaning month.

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Men

52
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Inflammation of the membranes of the brain or spinal cord.

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Meningitis

53
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Bacteria that prefer moderate temperatures and develop best at temperatures between 25 degrees C and 40 degrees C.

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Mesophile

54
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Replacement of one type of tissue into a form that is nor normally found there.

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Metaplasia

55
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Transfer of a disease from its primary site to a distant location.

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Metastasize

56
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Prefix meaning small.

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Micro

57
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A microorganism that requires very little free oxygen.

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Microaerophilic

58
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Scientific study of microorganisms and their effect on other living organisms.

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Microbiology

59
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Study of microscopic changes that cells, tissues, and organs undergo as a result of disease.

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Microscopic pathology (histopathology)

60
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Temperature below which bacterial growth will not take place, 32 degrees F.

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Minimum temperature

61
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Infection caused by two or more organisms.

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Mixed infection

62
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Necrotic tissue that is wet as a result of inadequate venous drainage; may be accompanied by the invasion of saprophytic bacteria.

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Moist (wet) gangrene

63
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Relative incidence of a disease in the population of number of cases in a given time at a given population.

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Morbidity rate

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Number of deaths in a given time or place or proportion of deaths to a population.

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Mortality rate

65
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A chronic disease of the nervous system characterized by remissions and relapses and by the presence of patches of demyelination associated with sclerosis or hardening, scattered diffusely throughout the gray and white matter of the brain stem and spinal cord.

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Multiple sclerosis

66
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Relationship in which organisms or two different species live in close association to the mutual benefit of each.

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Mutualism

67
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The branch of science concerned with the study of fungi.

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Mycology

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Bacteria of the mycoplasma genus that are found in humans and most have no cell wall; the smallest free-living organisms presently known, being intermediate in size between viruses and bacteria.

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Mycoplasmas

69
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Inflammation of the spinal cord or the bone marrow.

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Myelitis

70
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Prefix meaning muscle.

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Myo

71
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Referred to as heart attack. Usually results in damage to the myocardium.

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Myocardial infarction

72
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Inflammation of the muscular walls of the heart.

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Myocarditis

73
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Prefix meaning mucous.

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Myx

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