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Med Term Disease
Med terms for disease
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Spirochete | cork screw shaped bacteria |
| Neoplasm | abnormal uncontrolled growth of tissue |
| pathogen | organism that can cause disease |
| Pus | product of inflammation consisting of fluid and white blood cells |
| Sarcoma | malignant neoplasm arrising from connective tissue |
| Sepsis | presents of harmful toxins in body |
| Prolapse | dropping |
| Hernia | rupture |
| exacerbation | worsening of a disease or it's symptoms |
| Nosocomial | an infection aquired in a hospital |
| septicemia | blood poisoning |
| Ascites | fluid in peritoneal cavity |
| Effusion | escape of fluid into cavity or other body part |
| fissure | grove or split |
| Hyperplasia | excessive growth of normal cells |
| Hypertrophy | increase in size of organ w/o increase in size of cells |
| Indurations | Hardening, abnormal hard spot or place |
| purulent | forming or containing pus |
| polyp | tumor attached by a thin stalk |
| lith | calculus, stone |
| onco | tumor |
| patho | disease |
| pyro..pyreto | fire, fever |
| Sclero | Hard |
| Mal | bad, poor |
| Pachy | thick |
| xero | dry |
| -cele | hernia, localised dialation |
| -clasis | breaking |
| -clasia | breaking |
| -itis | inflammation |
| megaly | enlargement |
| -odynia | pain |
| -oma | tumor |
| -pathy | any disease of |
| -rhage | bursting forth |
| -rhagia | bursting forth |
| -edema | fluid swelling |
| lysis | seperation, loosening, dissolving, destruction |
| malacia | softening |
| ptosis | dropping down, prolapse |
| Stasis | suppression, stoppage |
| stenosis | narrowing constriction |
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