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PMI: Complementary Terms Flashcards

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Cyanosis

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Abnormal condition of blue

Bluish discoloration, especially of the skin, caused by inadequate oxygen supply in blood

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Xanthosis

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Abnormal condition of yellow (discoloration)

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Oncologist

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Physician who studies/treats (malignant) tumors

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Oncology

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Study of tumors (branch of medicine concerned with study of malignant tumors)

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Pathologist

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Physician who studies diseases
Examines biopsies and performs autopsies to determine cause of disease or death

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Pathology

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Study of disease (branch of medicine dealing with study of the causes of disease and death)

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cancerous

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pertaining to cancer

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carcinogen

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substance that causes cancer

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carcinogenic

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producing cancer

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carcinoid

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resembling cancer

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diagnosis (Dx)

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State of complete knowledge (art of identifying a disease based on patient’s signs, symptoms, test results)

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etiology

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study of causes (of disease)

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iatrogenic

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Produced by a physician (unexpected results from treatment prescribed)

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oncogenic

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causing tumors

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pathogenic

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producing disease

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prognosis (Px)

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State before knowledge (prediction of the outcome of disease based on patient’s signs, symptoms, test results)

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afebrile

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without fever

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erythema

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redness

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febrile

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fever

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inflammation

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Localized protective response to injury or tissue destruction characterized by redness, swelling, heat, pain

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exacerbation

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Increase in severity of a disease or symptoms

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idiopathic

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Pertaining to disease of unknown origin

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morbidity

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State of being diseased, incidence of illness in a population

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mortality

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State of being mortal (death), incidence of number of deaths in a population

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bacteria (s. bacterium)

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Single-celled microorganisms that reproduce by cell division and may cause infection by invading body tissue

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fungus (pl. fungi)

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Organism that feeds by absorbing organic molecules from its surroundings and may cause infection by invading body tissue

Single-celled fungi (yeast) reproduce by budding
Multi-celled fungi (mold) reproduce by spore formation

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infection

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Invasion of pathogens in body tissue

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Types of Infection

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Bacterial, viral, fungal

Acute infection may remain localized if body’s defense mechanism is effective or may persist to become subacute/chronic

Systemic infection occurs which pathogen causing local infection gains access to vascular/lymphatic system and becomes disseminated throughout body

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microorganism

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form of life that is too small to be seen without a microscopy (i.e. bacteria, fungi, virus)

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virus (pl. viruses)

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Minute microorganism much smaller than bacterium

Characterized by lack of independent metabolism and ability to replicate only within living host cells

May cause infection by invading body tissue

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plural ending of -a (vertebra)

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-ae (vertebrae)

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plural ending of -ax (thorax)

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-aces (thoraces)

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plural ending of -is (testis)

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-es (testes)

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plural ending of -ix (appendix)

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-ices (appendices)

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plural ending of -ma (carcinoma)

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-mata (carcinomata)

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plural ending of -nx (larynx)

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-nges (larynges)

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plural ending of -on (ganglion)

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-a (ganglia)

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plural ending of -sis (metastasis)

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-ses (metastases)

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plural ending of -um (ovum)

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-a (ova)

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plural ending of -us (fungus)

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-i (fungi)

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plural ending of -y (biopsy)

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-ies (biopsies)

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RBC

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red blood cell, erythrocyte

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WBC

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white blood cell, leukocyte

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CA

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carcinoma

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mets

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metastases

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Bx

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biopsy

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CBC with diff

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complete blood count with differential

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C&S

A

culture and sensitivity

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chemo

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chemotherapy

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XRT

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radiation therapy

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Dx

A

diagnosis

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Px

A

prognosis

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