physiological pathology ch1 ch2 (exam 1)

Question 1

abatement

Answer 1

decrease, such as in pain

Question 2

abrasion

Answer 2

excoriation, circumscribed removal of epidermis of skin/mucous

Question 3

abcess

Answer 3

localized accumulation of pus

Question 4

acapnia

Answer 4

marked decrease in blood carbon dioxide contect

Question 5

acidosis

Answer 5

condition which there is an excessive proportion of acid in blood

Question 6

acquired (acquired disease)

Answer 6

after birth;disease not congenital but developed since birth

Question 7

acromegaly

Answer 7

hyperfunction of pituitary gland after ossification has been completed

Question 8

acute

Answer 8

rapid onset, short duration

Question 9

adenoma

Answer 9

neoplasm formed by glandular epithelium

Question 10

algia

Answer 10

suffix means pain

Question 11

alkalosis

Answer 11

condition in which there is an excessive proportion of alkali in blood

Question 12

allergies

Answer 12

a hypersensitivity to substance that does not normally cause a reaction

Question 13

alzheimer’s disease

Answer 13

pre-senile dementia ocurring usually in persons over 60

Question 14

amelia

Answer 14

at birth;congenital absence of one or more limbs

Question 15

anasarca

Answer 15

generalized massive edema in subcutaneous tissue

Question 16

anemia

Answer 16

decrease in # of erythrocytes, hemoglobin or both

Question 17

aneurysm

Answer 17

localized dilation of a blood vessel

Question 18

angioma

Answer 18

swelling or tumor due to dilation of blood vessels or lymphatics

Question 19

anoxia

Answer 19

deficient blood oxygen supplies to tissues

Question 20

aplasia

Answer 20

failure of tissue/organ to develop normally;congenital absence of an organ or other part in hematology;cessation of regeneration

Question 21

suffix ase

Answer 21

means enzyme

Question 22

antagonism

Answer 22

mutual opposition/contrary action;inhibition of one bacterial organism by another

Question 23

antibody

Answer 23

glycoprotein substance developed in response to, interacts specifically with an antigen AKA immunoglobulin

Question 24

antigen

Answer 24

foreign substance that stimulates the formulation of antibodies that interact specifically with it

Question 25

antisepsis

Answer 25

against the prevention of sepsis;prevents growth of causative microorganisms

Question 26

attenuation

Answer 26

weakening of virulence of a microorganism, reducing or abolishing pathogenicity

Question 27

arteriosclerosis

Answer 27

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

Question 28

arteritis

Answer 28

inflammation involves artery or arteries

Question 29

arthro

Answer 29

means joint

Question 30

ascites

Answer 30

accumulation of free serous fluid in abdominal cavity

Question 31

asphyxia

Answer 31

loss of consciousness from deficiency of oxygen

Question 32

atherosclerosis

Answer 32

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

Question 33

atrophy

Answer 33

wasting, decrease in size of an organ/tissue

Question 34

autopsy (necrospy)

Answer 34

postmortem exam of organs/tissues of a body to determine cause of death or pathological condition

Question 35

avulsion

Answer 35

tearing away

Question 36

bacillus

Answer 36

rod shaped microbe

Question 37

bacteremia

Answer 37

presence of viable bacteria in blood stream

Question 38

bacteria

Answer 38

prokaryotic one celled microbe of kingdom Monera