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Pathology master for test #2 Flashcards

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Prefix meaning through.

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Dia

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A term used to designate two diseases, diabetes insipidus and diabetes mellitus, each having the symptom of polyuria in common.

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Diabetes

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The term denoting the naming of the disease or syndrome; to recognize the nature of the disease.

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Diagnosis

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The condition of the heart being enlarged occurring normally, artificially, or as a result of disease.

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Dilatation

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A double bacillus, two being linked end to end to each other.

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Diplobacilli

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A genus of bacteria that are gram-positive organisms occurring in pairs. Also called streptococcus.

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Diplococcus

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A chemical or physical agent that kills disease-causing microorganisms generally used on inanimate objects.

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Disinfectant

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The destruction of infectious agents by chemical or physical means directly applied to an inanimate object.

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Disinfection

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The presence of a number of diverticula of the intestine.

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Diverticulosis

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Resistant, as in bacteria, to the action of a drug or drugs.

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Drug-fast

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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 not the veins are obstructed.

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Dry Gangrene (ischemic necrosis)

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Prefix meaning difficult.

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Dys

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Abnormal development of tissue.

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Dysplasia

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Faulty nutrition.

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Dystrophy

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Small, non-elevated hemorrhagic patch; extravasation of blood into a tissue. (another name for a bruise).

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Ecchymosis

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Suffix meaning dilate.

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Ectasis

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Suffix meaning removal of.

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Ectomy

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Displaced; not in the normal place, for example, extrauterine pregnancy.

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Ectopic

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The implantation of the fertilized ovum in a site other than the normal one in the uterine cavity.

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Ectopic Pregnancy

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Abnormal accumulation of fluids in tissue or body cavities.

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Edema

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Excessive wasting away of the body.

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Emaciation

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Free floating object in the bloodstream.

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Embolus

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Obstruction of a blood vessel by free floating object in the bloodstream.

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Embolism

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Suffix meaning vomit.

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Emesis

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Suffix meaning blood.

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Emia

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Pus in the pleural cavity.

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Empyema

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Prefix meaning in.

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En

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Inflammation of the brain.

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Encephalitis

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A disease that is continuously present in a community.

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Endemic

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Prefix meaning within.

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Endo

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Inflammation of the endocardium, or lining membrane of the heart. It may involve only the membrane covering the valves or the general lining of the chambers of the heart.

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Endocarditis

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Inflammation of the mucous membrane of the cervix uteri.

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Endocervicitis

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The ectopic occurrence of endometrial tissue or its diffuse implantation or infiltration in the myometrium.

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Endometriosis

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Produced or arising from within a cell or organism.

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Endogenous infection

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A thick-walled spore within a bacterium.

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Endospores

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Bacterial toxin confined within the body of a bacterium freed only when the bacterium is broken down, found only in gram negative bacteria.

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Endotoxin

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Inflammation of the intestine, especially the small intestine, usually accompanied by diarrhea.

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Enteritis

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Prefix meaning intestine.

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Entero

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Prefix meaning upon.

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Epi

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A disease that is currently in higher than normal numbers.

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Epidemic

41
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A chronic neurogenic disease marked by sudden alterations in consciousness and frequently by convulsions.

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Epilepsy

42
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Bleeding from the nose.

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Epistaxis

43
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Inflammation of the esophagus.

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Esophagitis

44
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Suffix meaning sensation.

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Esthesia

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The study of the cause of disease.

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Etiology

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Prefix meaning out of.

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Ex

47
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Increase in severity of a disease.

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Exacerbation

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Originating outside an organ or part.

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Exogenous infection

49
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A toxin produced by a microorganism and excreted into its surrounding medium, generally protein in nature.

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Exotoxin

50
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Loss of blood to the point where life can no longer be sustained.

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Exsanguination

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The fluid that oozes through the tissues into a cavity or to the surface.

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Exudate

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A microorganism that prefers an environment devoid of oxygen but has adapted so that it can live and grow in the presence of oxygen.

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Facultative aerobe

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An organism that prefers an oxygen environment but is capable of living and growing in its absence.

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Facultative anaerobe

54
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Having the capacity to do something that is not compulsory, in particular having the ability to live or adapt to certain conditions.

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Facultative bacteria

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Prefers live organic matter as a source of nutrition but can adapt to the use of dead organic matter under certain conditions.

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Facultative saprophyte

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Pertaining to or characterized by fever.

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Febrile

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An encapsulated tumor composed mainly of fibrous connective tissue; fibroid, tumor, inoma.

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Fibroma

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One in which the organisms are originally confined to one area, but enter the blood or lymph vessel and spread to other parts of the body.

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Focal infection

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Any inanimate object to which infectious material adheres and ca be transmitted.

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Fomite

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Have rapid and severe onset, usually fatal.

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Fulminating

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A condition or disease in which there is no recognizable change in anatomy.

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Functional

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A group of diverse and widespread unicellular and multicellular organisms, lacking chlorophyll, usually bearing spores and often filamentous.

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Fungus (pl. fungi)

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An agent that kills fungi and their spores.

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Fungicide

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An abscess or pyogenic infection of a sweat gland or hair follicle.

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Furuncle

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A form of necrosis combined with putrefaction.

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Gangrene

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Inflammation of the stomach.

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Gastritis

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Inflammation of the gingival tissue.

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Gingivitis

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Parenchymatous nephritis with pronounced lesions in the glomeruli.

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Glomerulonephritis

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An infection that becomes systemic.

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General infection

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Deals with the study of the widespread process of disease such as inflammation, degeneration, necrosis or cellular death, repair, etc. without reference to particular organs or organ systems.

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General pathology

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Suffix meaning generation.

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Genesis

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A substance that destroys microorganisms.

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Germicide

73
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Enlargement of the thyroid gland due to iodine deficiency.

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Goiter

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The study of changes in structure of the body that are readily seen wit the unaided eye as a result of disease.

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Gross pathology

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Prefix meaning blood.

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Hem, Hemo

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Vomiting of blood.

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Hemantemesis

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Tumor like swelling of blood.

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Hematoma

78
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Discharge of red blood cells in the urine.

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Hematuria

79
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An inherited hemorrhagic disease characterized by a tendency to excessive and sometimes spontaneous bleeding.

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Hemophilia

80
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Blood in sputum.

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Hemoptysis

81
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Escape of blood from blood vascular system.

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Hemorrhage

82
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Inflammation of the liver.

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Hepatitis

83
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Genetic characteristics transmitted from parent to offspring.

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Hereditary

84
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Abnormal protrusion of an organ or part of an organ through an abnormal opening in the wall of the cavity containing the organ.

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Hernia

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Prefix meaning dissimilar.

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Hetero

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An organism that requires complex organic food from a carbon source in order to grow and develop.

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Heterotrophic bacteria

87
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Prefix meaning similar.

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Homeo

88
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Prefix meaning water.

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Hydro

89
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Abnormal collection of fluid in any sacculated cavity in the body. especially tunica vaginalis.

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Hydrocele

90
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Excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles of the brain.

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Hydrocephalus

91
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Distention of the pelvis and calyces of one or both kidneys with urine as a result of obstruction.

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Hydronephrosis

92
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Abnormal accumulation of fluid within the pericardial sac.

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Hydropericardium

93
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Abnormal accumulation of fluid in the thoracic cavity.

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Hydrothroax

94
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Prefix meaning above or excess.

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Hyper

95
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Excess of blood in an area of the body.

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Hyperemia

96
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The increased size of an organ or part due to the excessive but regulated increase in the number of its cells.

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Hyperplasia

97
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The enlargement of an organ or part due to the increase in size of cells composing it.

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Hypertropy

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Prefix meaning deficiency or beneath.

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Hypo

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Underdevelopment of a tissue, organ of the body.

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Hypoplasia

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