Quiz #5 Flashcards
a bend or a fold
flexure
pertaining to or emanating from the gum
gingival
an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the cavities and intercellular spaces of the body
edema
any abnormal , tube-like passage within body tissue, usually between two internal organs, or leading from an internal organ to the body surface
fistula
a tumor composed mainly of fibrous or fully developed connective tissue
fibroma
the act of vomiting
emesis
pertaining to the stomach
gastric
a hemorrhagic spot, larger than a petechia, in the skin or mucous membrane, forming a nonelevated, rounded or irregular, blue or purplish patch
ecchymosis
an easy or painless death
euthanasia
a tumor-like mass or nodule of granulation tissue…due to a chronic inflammatory process associated with infectious disease or invasion by a foreign body
granuloma