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Chpt 6 Diseases
Diseases and Treatment, Med Term, Sumner College LPN
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acute | sudden, severe; having a short course |
| benign | Not recurrent or malignant; favorable for recover: describing a tumor that doesn't spread(metastasize) to other tissues |
| carcinoma | a malignant neoplasm composed of epithelial cells |
| chronic | of long duration: progressing slowly |
| cyst | an abnormal filled sac or pouch |
| edema | accumulation of fluid in the tissue; swelling |
| etiology | the cause of disease |
| Gram stain | a lab staining procedure that divides bacteria into two groups; gram-pos.(purple), gram neg.(red) |
| hernia | protrusion of an organ through an abnormal opening: rupture |
| inflammation a localized response to tissue | a localized response to tissue injury characterized by heat, pain redness, and swelling |
| lesion | a distinct area of damaged tissue; an injury or wound |
| malignant | growing worse; harmful; tending to cause death; describing an invasive tumor that can spread to other tissues |
| metastasis | spread from one part of the body to another; characteristic of cancer |
| necrosis | death of tissue |
| neoplasm | an abnormal and uncontrolled growth of tissue, namely, a tumor |
| parasite | an organism capable of causing desease |
| phagocytosis | the ingestion of organisms, such as invading bacteria or small particles of waste material by a cell |
| prolapse | a dropping or downward displacement of an organ or part; ptosis |
| pus | a product of inflammation consisting of fluid and white blood cells |
| sarcoma | a malignant neoplasm arising from connective tissue |
| sepsis | the presence of harmful microbes or their toxins in the blood or other tissues |
| toxin | a poison |
| trauma | a physical or psychological wound or injury |
| bacill/i, bacill/o | grapelike cluster |
| bacteri/o | bacterium |
| myc/o | mold, fungus |
| vir/o | virus |
| -algia, -algesia | pain |
| -cele | hernia, localized dilation (gastrocele) |
| -clasis, -clasia | breaking |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -odynia | pain |
| -oma | tumor |
| rhage, -rhagia | bursting forth, profuse flow, hemorrhage |
| -rhea | flow, discharge |
| -rhexis | rupture |
| -schsis | fissure, splitting |
| dilation, dilatation | expansion, widening |
| lysis | separation, loosening, dissolving, destruction |
| malacia | softening |
| sclerosis | hardeninig |
| stasis | supression, stoppage |
| brady- | slow |
| dys- | abnormal |
| xero- | dry |
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