Treatments And Diseases

Question 1

Acute
Ah-KUTE

Answer 1

Sudden, severe; having a short course

Question 2

Benign / be-NINE

Answer 2

Not recurrent or malignant,
Favorable for recovery,
Describing a tumor that does not spread (metastasize) to other tissues,

Question 3

Carcinoma / kar-sih-NO-mah

Answer 3

A malignant neoplasm composed of epithelial cells (from Greek root carcino, meaning “crab”) (adjective: carcinomatous)

Question 4

Chronic / KRON-ik

Answer 4

Of long duration, progressing slowly

Question 5

Cyst / sist

Answer 5

An abnormal filled sac or pouch:
Used as a root meaning a normal bladder or sac, such as the urinary bladder or gallbladder (root:cyst/o)

Question 6

Edeme / eh-DE-mah

Answer 6

Accumulation of fluid in the tissues, swelling; adjective: edematous (eh-DE-mah-tus)

Question 7

Etiology / e-te-OL-o-je

Answer 7

The cause of a disease

Question 8

Gram stain

Answer 8

A laboratory staining procedure that divides bacteria into two groups: gram positive, ehich stains purple, and gram negative, which stains red

Question 9

Hernia / HER-ne-ah

Answer 9

Protrusion of an organ through an abnormal opening; commonly called a rupture

Question 10

Immunity / ih-MU-nih-te

Answer 10

All our defenses against infectious disease

Question 11

Inflammation / in-flah-MA-shun

Answer 11

A localized response to tissue injury characterized by heat,pain, redness, and swelling

Question 12

Lesion / LE-zhun

Answer 12

A distinct area of damages tissue, an injury or wound

Question 13

Malignant / mah-LIG-nant

Answer 13

Growing worse,
harmful,
tending to cause death,
describing an invasive tumor that can spread(metastasize) to other tissues

Question 14

Metastasis / meh-TAS-tah-sis

Answer 14

Spread from one part of the body to another,
Characteristic of cancer:
verb is metastasize (meh-TAS-tah-size)
Adjective: metastatic(met-ah-STAT-ik); from Greek met/a ( beyond, change) + stasis (stand)

Question 15

Microorganism / mi-kro-OR-gan-izm

Answer 15

An organism too small to be seen without the aid of a microscope

Question 16

Necrosis / neh-KRO-sis

Answer 16

Death of tissue ( root necr/o means “death”)
Adjective: necrotic (neh-KROT-ik)

Question 17

Neoplasia / ne-o-PLA-ze-ah

Answer 17

An abnormal and uncontrolled growth of tissue,
Prefix neo- meaning “new” and root plasm meaning “formation”

Question 18

Neoplasm / NE-o-plazm

Answer 18

A tumor, or abnormal growth, which may be benign or malignant
(root onc/o and suffix -oma refer to neoplasms)

Question 19

Parasite / PAR-ah-site

Answer 19

An organism that grows on or in another organism (the host), causing damage to it

Question 20

Pathogen / PATH-o-jen

Answer 20

An organism capable of causing disease,
(root path/o means “disease” )

Question 21

Phagocytosis / fag-o-sis-TO-sis

Answer 21

The ingestion of organisms, such as incading bacteria or small particles of waste material by a cell,
(root phag/o means “to eat” ); the phagocytic cell, or phagocyte, then destroys the ingested material

Question 22

Prolapse / PRO-laps

Answer 22

A dropping or downward displacement of an organ or part, ptosis

Question 23

Pus

Answer 23

A product of inflammation consisting of fluid and whit blood cells,
(root; py/o)

Question 24

Sarcoma / sar-KO-mah

Answer 24

A malignant neoplasm arising from connective tissue
(From Greek root SARCO, meaning “flesh”);
Adjective: sarcomatous

Question 25

Sepsis / SEP-sis

Answer 25

The presence of harmful microorganisms or their toxins in the blood or other tissues; adjective: septic

Question 26

Toxin / TOKS-in

Answer 26

A poison,
Adjextive: toxic (roots: tox/o, toxic/o)

Question 27

Trauma / TRAW-mah

Answer 27

A physical or psychological wound or injury