MA1020 Common Medical Terminology Definitions; Week#1
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| show | an objective evidence; can be measured, can be seen
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| SYMPTOM | show 🗑
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| show | a group of signs & symptoms related to one another; a framework of reference for investigating
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| TRAUMA | show 🗑
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| DIAGNOSIS | show 🗑
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| show | prediction of the course & end of the disease. prediction of the disease.
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| show | the study of the causes of the disease. [etio(CF)=cause / -ology(S)=study of]
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| show | a disease without a recognizable cause/unknown cause
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| show | pertaining to the hospital. Like pertaining to hospital germs/illnesses
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| SEQUELA | show 🗑
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| show | a bad feeling. Blah feeling.
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| IATROGENIC | show 🗑
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| show | aggravation of symptoms or increase in the severity of a disease/it gets worse.
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| show | lessening of severity or abatement of symptoms. symptoms seem to stop of lessen.
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| show | return of the maifestations of a disease after an interval of improvement.
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| show | incurable or resistant to therapy
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| show | serving to relieve or alleviate without curing. make pt comfortable
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| show | observance of rules necessary to prevent disease.
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| show | any special circumstance that renders the use of a remedy or procedure inadvisable because of risk.
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| MORBIDITY | show 🗑
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| show | the ratio of number of deaths to a given population; death rate
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| EPIDEMIC | show 🗑
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| show | a disease that occurs continuously in a particular population, but has a low mortality rate
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| show | [PAN=all or total]a disease affecting the majority of the population of a LARGE AREA
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| show | [patho(CF)=disease / -gen(S)=producing] a microorganism or substance capable of producing disease
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| show | literally the lack of ease. Pathological condition that represent a group of CLINICAL SIGNS,SYMPTOMS&LAB FINDINGS peculiar to a particular STATE
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| INFECTION | show 🗑
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| SUPPURATIVE | show 🗑
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| show | [a- = without / -sepsis = germs] sterile; a condition fre of pathogens
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| ANTISEPSIS | show 🗑
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| show | a disease that is transmitted directly or indirectly from one individual to another. disease transmitted to another
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| SEPTICEMIA | show 🗑
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| show | [anti- =against/bio=life/ -ic=pertaining to] soluble substance derived from a mold inhibiting growth of microorganisms. against the pathogen
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| show | redness,heat,swelling & pain. tissue reaction to injury.
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| ACUTE | show 🗑
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| CHRONIC | show 🗑
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| show | coming in lightening-like flashes of pain
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| EDEMA | show 🗑
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| show | [cyano=blue/-osis=abnormal] bluish,grayish,purple discolored skin due to abnormal amounts/reduced hemoglobin in blood; Oxygen deficiency&excess carbon dioxide.
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| CACHEXIA | show 🗑
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| show | [necro=dead/ -osis=abnormal condition] an abnormal condition whereby there is death to a portion of tissue
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| GANGRENE | show 🗑
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| show | open sore or lesion of skin or mucous membrane with sloughing off inflamed necrotic tissue.
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| ANOMALY | show 🗑
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| show | present at birth
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| ACQUIRED | show 🗑
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| show | mucous membrane; membrane that lines cavities of the body that open to the outside of the body.
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| SEROSA | show 🗑
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| show | mouth; entrance or outlet
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| show | (pronounced: pay tent) State of being freely open
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| show | absence of a normal body opening (in any of our tubing)
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| show | WAVE-LIKE MOVEMENT. Progressive,wave-like movement that occurs involuntarily in hollow tubes of the body
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| show | ESSENTIAL WORK. The essential parts of an organ that are concerned with its function¬ its framework.
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| show | SUPPORT STRUCTURE. Foundation, supporting system structure of an organ.Opposite of parenchyma
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| INFARCT | show 🗑
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| INFARCTION | show 🗑
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| show | blockage
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| ISCHEMIA | show 🗑
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| THROMBUS THROMBI | show 🗑
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| EMBOLUS EMBOLI | show 🗑
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| EXCISION | show 🗑
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| show | [in- =in/ciso=cut/ -ion=process] A cut produced surgically to creat an opening into an organ or body cavity. Cutting to look inside a cavity.
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| BIOPSY | show 🗑
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| AUTOPSY | show 🗑
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| show | usually refers to an animal; examination of dead body to determine cause of death.
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| show | swelling or enlargement; spontaneous new growth or tissue formation
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| show | malignant tumor; invasive tumor, that is capable of metastasis
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| show | cancer/malignancy that occurs in epithelial tissue(linings or coverings-skin or mucous membrane)
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| MALIGNANT | show 🗑
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| show | not recurrent or progressive; opposite of malignant
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| METASTASIS | show 🗑
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| CYST | show 🗑
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| show | [sarco=flesh,bone,or muscle/ -oma=tumor] cancer arising from connective tissue, bone or muscle.
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| APLASIA | show 🗑
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| show | [dys- =bad/ -plasia=formation] abnormal development of tissue
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| show | [hypo- =decrease/ -plasia=formation] underdevelopment of tissue
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| show | [a- =without/ -trophy=development] decrease in size of an organ or tissue. a wasting
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| DYSTROPHY | show 🗑
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| ANTIGEN | show 🗑
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| show | immunoglobulin molecule evoked by an antigen. The body's response to protein markers.
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