physiological pathology ch14 ch15 (exam 4)

Question 1

plegia

Answer 1

suffix meaning paralysis.

Question 2

pleural cavity

Answer 2

refers to the lungs/pulmonary.

Question 3

pleurisy

Answer 3

inflammation of the pleura, pleuritis.

Question 4

pnea

Answer 4

suffix meaning breath.

Question 5

pneumoconiosis

Answer 5

general term used to denote any prolonged inhalation of mineral dust.

Question 6

pneumonia

Answer 6

infection of the lungs.

Question 7

polio

Answer 7

prefix meaning gray.

Question 8

poliomyelitis

Answer 8

a highly contagious infectious disease of the spinal cord caused by a filterable virus.

Question 9

poly

Answer 9

prefix meaning many, excess.

Question 10

polycythemia vera

Answer 10

an increase in total red blood cell mass.

Question 11

polyp

Answer 11

a growth or mass of tissue that protrudes from a mucous membrane.

Question 12

post

Answer 12

prefix meaning after.

Question 13

pro

Answer 13

prefix meaning before.

Question 14

prevalence

Answer 14

number of cases of disease present in a specified population at a given time.

Question 15

primary infection

Answer 15

an original infection from which a second one originates.

Question 16

prion

Answer 16

a small proteinaceous infectious particle that is resistant to most procedures that modify nucleic acids.

Question 17

prognosis

Answer 17

prediction of the outcome of disease.

Question 18

prostatitis

Answer 18

inflammation of the prostate gland.

Question 19

protozoa

Answer 19

one-celled organisms of the Kingdom Protista - most are unicellular although some are colonial.

Question 20

protozoology

Answer 20

science that deals with study of protozoa.

Question 21

pseudo

Answer 21

prefix meaning false.

Question 22

psychrophile

Answer 22

bacteria that prefer cold, thriving at temperatures between 0 degrees C and 25 degrees C.

Question 23

ptosis

Answer 23

suffix meaning falling.

Question 24

purge

Answer 24

to cause a copious evacuation from body orifices.

Question 25

purpura

Answer 25

condition in which spontaneous bleeding occurs in the subcutaneous tissues, causing the appearance of purple patches on the skin.