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