Pathology Terms

Question 1

Abscess

Answer 1

localized accumulation of pus

Question 2

Acquired

Answer 2

– a disease, condition or abnormality that is not hereditary or innate.

Question 3

Acromegaly

Answer 3

hyperfunction of pituitary gland after ossification has been completed.

Question 4

Acute

Answer 4

a disease with rapid onset and short duration

Question 5

Allergy

Answer 5

having a hypersensitive immune response to a foreign substance.

Question 6

Amelia

Answer 6

congenital absence of one or more limbs

Question 7

Anasarca

Answer 7

generalized edema in subcutaneous tissue.

Question 8

Anemia

Answer 8

a decrease in the number of erythrocytes, hemoglobin or both

Question 9

Aneurysm

Answer 9

a localized dilation of a blood vessel.

Question 10

Aplasia

Answer 10

failure of a tissue or an organ to develop normally

Question 11

Arteriosclerosis

Answer 11

disease of the arteries resulting in thickening and loss of elasticity of the
arterial walls.

Question 12

Ascites

Answer 12

accumulation of free serous fluid in the abdominal cavity

Question 13

Atherosclerosis

Answer 13

a form of arteriosclerosis marked by the deposition of lipids in the inner layer
of arterial walls.

Question 14

Atrophy

Answer 14

a wasting; decrease in size of an organ or tissue.

Question 15

Autopsy (Postmortem examination)

Answer 15

a postmortem examination of the organs and tissues of a
body to determine cause of death or pathological condition.