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 |