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Unit 1 Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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Acute

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Fast onset

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Afunctional

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Not working correctly

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Agenesis

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Not forming

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Anaplastic

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Loss of cellular differentiation

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Anomaly

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Different or abnormal

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Aplasia

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No growth

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Atrophic

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

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Carcinogen

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Increases chance of cancer i.e Tobacco and Sun exposure

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Carcinoma

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Malignancy of epithelial tissue

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Cellulitis

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Inflammation of the cells

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Lymphadenopathy

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Swollen lymph nodes

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12
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Chronic

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Long-term

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Concretion

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Calculus stone or mass usually located in a tube

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Congenital

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You were born with it

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15
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Cornified

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Hardened horny tissue; callused

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Cyst

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Fluid filled sack

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Developmental

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Pertaining to development

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Dysplasia

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Abnormal growth or shape

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19
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-ic

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You can see it

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20
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Dysplastic

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Abnormal growth you can see

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21
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Ecchymoses

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A bruise that is larger than a petechia

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Ectopic

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Out of place

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Edema

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Excess fluid causing swelling (fluid is usually blood)

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Epistaxis

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Nose bleed

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25
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Epulis

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Overgrowth in oral cavity

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Erythematous

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Redness

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Erythroplastic

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Red lesion you can see

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28
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Etiology

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Study of the cause of disease

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29
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Everted

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Turning outwards

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30
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Exudate

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Fluid or pus discharge

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31
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Fissure

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Crack like sore or groove

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Fluctuant

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Fluid filled

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33
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Granulomatous

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Containing granules

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34
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Hematoma

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

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35
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Hemolysis

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Destruction of the membranes of blood cells

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36
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Hyperemia

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Excess blood

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Hyperplasia

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

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Hypertrophy

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Increase in volume/size

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Hypoplasia

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

40
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Induration

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Hardening; usually a small lesion area

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Infarct

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Loss of blood supply, resulting in tissue death

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Invaginate

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Folds inwards on itself

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Ischemia

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Restriction of blood vessels; causes an infarction

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Keratotic

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Hardened growth

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Lesion

A

Injury or wound

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Lobulated

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Has many lobes

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Lymphadenitis

A

Inflammation of the lymph nodes

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Macro

A

Large

49
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Malaise

A

Fatigue

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Metastasize

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Movement of cells from the original site to a distant location

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Morphology

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Study of form and structure

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Necrosis

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Death of tissue surrounded by healthy tissue

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Neoplasm

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New growth

54
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Nevus

A

Mole

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Oncogenic

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Formation of a tumor

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Palliative

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

57
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Papule

A

Elevated lesion

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Patent

A

Hole or opening

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Pathognomonic

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Absolute sign or characteristic of a certain disease

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Pedunculated

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On a stalk; mushroom shaped

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Petechia

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Small hemorrhagic dots

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Punctate

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Elevated pointed lesion (pimple)

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Purpuric

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Purple or red patch on skin; solid bruise

64
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Purulent

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Pus

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Pustule

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Collection of pus

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Refractory

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Doesn’t respond to treatment

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Remission

A

Lessening of symptoms

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Sarcoma

A

Cancer of connective tissue

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Sepsis

A

System infection

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Sequestration

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Abnormal separation; something stuffs off (usually bone)

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Sessile

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Broad-based lesion

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Symptom

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Perceptible change of body that the patient reports

73
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Syndrome

A

Group of symptoms with no known cause

74
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Translucent

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Permits light

75
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Tumor

A

Swelling or enlargement

76
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Ulcer

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Open sore or lesion on the skin

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Urticaria

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Itchy rash on skin

78
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Wheal

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Round elevation on the skin

79
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Xerostomia

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Dry mouth symptoms

80
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Hypoxia

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Oxygen deficient

81
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Rubor (Rubar)

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Red color

82
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Calor (Calar)

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Produces heat

83
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Tumor (tumar)

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swelling in size; edema

84
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Dolor (Dolar)

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Painful

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Restitution

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Repairing; returning to former state

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Lysis

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Destruction of blood cells

87
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Degenerations

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Deteriorating

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Metaplasia

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Fast growth

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Benign

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Good; non progressive; non cancerous

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Malignant

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Bad; continue to grow an gets worse; cancerous

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