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Patho terms1
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Question | Answer |
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Electroencephalogram | a recording of the electrical activity of the brain, most often recording the cerebral cortex |
Spirometry | any procedure used to measure a person's ability to move air or the capacities of the respiratory system |
Chemotherapy | the use of chemicals to kill cells within the body |
Pharmacological | the use of drugs to treat disease |
Palliative | any form of treatment that relieves signs and symptoms without curing a disease |
Prognosis | a prediction of the likely outcome or consequences of having a disease |
Sequela | a consequence of a previous disease |
Complications | a morbid process or event occurring during a disease that is not an essential part of the disease, although it may result from it |
Terminal | a disease likely to cause death |
Trauma | the transfer of a harmful amount of energy. Energy maybe mechanical, electrical, radiation or thermal |
Deficiency | lacking in something essential |
Intoxication | being exposed to a toxic level of something |
Hypertrophy | to increase in size |
Atrophy | to decrease in size |
Hyperplasia | an increase in the rate of mitosis and therefore cell number |
Metaplasia | a change in cell or tissue structure |
Dysplasia | irregular cell or tissue structure, often considered a potentially cancerous change |
Neoplasia | growth of cells and tissue into new areas, resulting in a tumor. Benign or malignant |
Inflammation | a protective response of tissue to injury or infection causes an increase in blood flow and pain in affected region, as well as leukocytosis |
Pyrogens | chemicals that cause a fever |
Leukocytosis | an increase in the number of WBC to more than 10,000 per mm3. WBC 15,000-25,000 occurs as result of infection, inflammation or hemorrhage |
Exudate | the excess fluid that accumulates at the site of inflammation. contains a high level of proteins and neutrophils when compared to normal tissue fluid. |
Serous exudate | a thin, clear, water fluid that accumulates at the site of inflammation |
Purulent exudate | a thick, creamy white or yellow fluid that accumulates at the site of inflammation. Pus |
Suppurative inflammation | a response to injury or infection that leads to the production of pus |
Regeneration | replacing damaged tissue through the process of mitosis, restoring the tissue to its original condition |
Repair | replacing damaged tissue with scar tissue |
Adhesions | the binding together of two surfaces by scar tissue |
Keloid scarring | the over production of scar tissue that sometimes occurs in the dermis and subcutaneous layer and results in a mass of scar tissue that is often tender or painful |
Contracture | the shortening of scar tissue over time or the shortening of muscle tissue as a result of fibrotic changes |
Stenosis | the narrowing of any canal or opening, such as the intestine, a blood vessel or a heart valve |
Sclerosis | process of hardening results from scar formation or accumulation of plaque |
Necrosis | tissue death |
Prodromal stage | an early stage in development of a disease or infection that is characterized by a lack of appetite and lack of energy |
Anaphylaxis | a severe, systemic allergic response that is characterized by vasodilation and bronchoconstriction |
Immunosurveillance | the immune system's constant search for an antigen |
Immunotolerance | the immune system's ability to recognize and not attack normally occurring tissues within the body |
Incubation | the development of an infection from the time the infectious organism enters the body until the appearance of the first clinical signs and symptoms |
Acute stage | the time during an infection when clinical signs and symptoms begin to develop |
Benign | a nonmalignant neoplasm |
Malignant | a cancerous neoplasm |
Pathology | the study of changes in cell/tissue structure related to disease or death |
Pathophysiology | the study of how disease affects body function |
Health | having the ability to maintain homeostasis when exposed to normal conditions |
Disease | being unable to maintain homeostasis when exposed to normal conditions |
Etiology | the study of the cause of a disease |
Genetic | a disease, condition, or trait that is inherited as a result of a single gene |
Congenital | a disease, condition, or trait that is present at birth |
Acquired | a disease, condition, or trait that developed because of being exposed to something during your life |
Idiopathic | without a clearly identified cause |
Signs | evidence of disease that is objective and can be seen, measured or recorded |
Symptoms | evidence of disease that is subjective and cannot be seen, measured or recorded |
Pathogenesis | the events that lead to the development of a disease and the signs and symptoms that occur as the disease progresses |
Acute | a disease that develops and resolve rapidly |
Chronic | a disease that develops gradually and last three months or longer |
Remission | the lessening in severity of the symptoms of a disease |
Exacerbation | an increase in the severity of a disease or any of its signs or symptoms |
Local | a condition that is confined to one area |
Systemic | a condition that affects the entire body |
Endoscopy | a procedure that utilizes a fiber optic camera to view structures inside of the body |
Radiodensity | the ability of an object to stop or slow radiation |
X-rays | a visual recording of differences in radiodensity of anatomical structures |
Contrast x-rays | x-rays that utilize a contrast media to increase radiodensity of selected fluids within the body producing an image of the structures containing the fluid |
Ultrasound | a visual recording of differences in the rate of return and intensity of sound waves reflected off of objects within the body |
Electrocardiograms | a recording of the electrical activity of the cardiac conduction system |
Angiogenesis | the development of new blood vessels especially capillaries |
Tumor Markers | proteins produced by tumor cells that can be detected in screening tests of the person's blood |
Carcinoma | a malignancy that originates in epithelial tissue |
Sarcoma | a malignancy that originates in connective tissue |
Glioma | a malignancy that originates within the tissue of the CNS |
Carcinogenesis | the process of developing a malignant neoplasm |
Initiators (of cancer) | carcinogens that increase the rate of cancer cell production by activation oncogenes |
Promoters (of cancer) | carcinogens that decrease the body's ability to find and fight cancer cells by damaging tumor suppressing genes |