Unit 1 Vocabulary Flashcards by Trisha Pulsipher

Acute

Fast onset

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Afunctional

Not working correctly

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Agenesis

Not forming

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Anaplastic

Loss of cellular differentiation

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Anomaly

Different or abnormal

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Aplasia

No growth

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Atrophic

Decreasing in volume/size; wasting (you have the same # of cells)

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Carcinogen

Increases chance of cancer i.e Tobacco and Sun exposure

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Carcinoma

Malignancy of epithelial tissue

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Cellulitis

Inflammation of the cells

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Lymphadenopathy

Swollen lymph nodes

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Chronic

Long-term

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Concretion

Calculus stone or mass usually located in a tube

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Congenital

You were born with it

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Cornified

Hardened horny tissue; callused

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Cyst

Fluid filled sack

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Developmental

Pertaining to development

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Dysplasia

Abnormal growth or shape

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-ic

You can see it

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Dysplastic

Abnormal growth you can see

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Ecchymoses

A bruise that is larger than a petechia

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Ectopic

Out of place

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Edema

Excess fluid causing swelling (fluid is usually blood)

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Epistaxis

Nose bleed

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Epulis

Overgrowth in oral cavity

Erythematous

Redness

Erythroplastic

Red lesion you can see

Etiology

Study of the cause of disease

Everted

Turning outwards

Exudate

Fluid or pus discharge

Fissure

Crack like sore or groove

Fluctuant

Fluid filled

Granulomatous

Containing granules

Hematoma

Pool of blood; blood blister (swelling filled with blood)

Hemolysis

Destruction of the membranes of blood cells

Hyperemia

Excess blood

Hyperplasia

Increase in the # of cells (adding to the cells you already have)

Hypertrophy

Increase in volume/size

Hypoplasia

Decrease in the # of cells (taking away cells you already have)

Induration

Hardening; usually a small lesion area

Infarct

Loss of blood supply, resulting in tissue death

Invaginate

Folds inwards on itself

Ischemia

Restriction of blood vessels; causes an infarction

Keratotic

Hardened growth

Lesion

Injury or wound

Lobulated

Has many lobes

Lymphadenitis

Inflammation of the lymph nodes

Macro

Large

Malaise

Fatigue

Metastasize

Movement of cells from the original site to a distant location

Morphology

Study of form and structure

Necrosis

Death of tissue surrounded by healthy tissue

Neoplasm

New growth

Nevus

Mole

Oncogenic

Formation of a tumor

Palliative

Treat the symptom, don't cure (pain relief)

Papule

Elevated lesion

Patent

Hole or opening

Pathognomonic

Absolute sign or characteristic of a certain disease

Pedunculated

On a stalk; mushroom shaped

Petechia

Small hemorrhagic dots

Punctate

Elevated pointed lesion (pimple)

Purpuric

Purple or red patch on skin; solid bruise

Purulent

Pus

Pustule

Collection of pus

Refractory

Doesn't respond to treatment

Remission

Lessening of symptoms

Sarcoma

Cancer of connective tissue

Sepsis

System infection

Sequestration

Abnormal separation; something stuffs off (usually bone)

Sessile

Broad-based lesion

Symptom

Perceptible change of body that the patient reports

Syndrome

Group of symptoms with no known cause

Translucent

Permits light

Tumor

Swelling or enlargement

Ulcer

Open sore or lesion on the skin

Urticaria

Itchy rash on skin

Wheal

Round elevation on the skin

Xerostomia

Dry mouth symptoms

Hypoxia

Oxygen deficient

Rubor (Rubar)

Red color

Calor (Calar)

Produces heat

Tumor (tumar)

swelling in size; edema

Dolor (Dolar)

Painful

Restitution

Repairing; returning to former state

Lysis

Destruction of blood cells

Degenerations

Deteriorating

Metaplasia

Fast growth

Benign

Good; non progressive; non cancerous

Malignant

Bad; continue to grow an gets worse; cancerous