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pathology Flashcards

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Pathology

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The study of disease and the way it affects the functions of the body.

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Disease

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A condition that affects the normal functioning of the body; in some cases known as a disorder

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Symptoms

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The effects of a disease that a person feels, such as aches and pains

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Communicable disease

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A disease that is contagious

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Non-communicable disease

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A disease that isn’t contagious

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Pathologist

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A doctor who studies diseases and causes of death

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Geneticist

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Someone who studies how traits and genetics are passed down

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Oncologist

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A doctor who specializes in treating cancer

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Psychiatrist

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A doctor who specializes in treating emotional or behavioral issues

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Immunologist

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A doctor who studies how well the body can fight against diseases and infections.

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-algia

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Pain

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-dynia

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Pain

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-ectasia, -ectasis

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Dilation; the stretching of a body structure

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-edema

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Swelling

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-itis

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Inflammation

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-emesis

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To vomit; vomiting

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Esthesi(o)

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Feeling or sensation

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-malacia

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Soft, softening

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-megaly

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Enlargement

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-oid

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Resembling

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-penia

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Deficiency

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-rrhage, -rrhagia

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Excessive bleeding or hemorrhage

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-rrhea

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Flow or discharge

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-rrhexis

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Rupture

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-spasm

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Involuntary contraction, twitching or cramp

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-therapy

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Treatment

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Pharmac(o), pharmaceut(i)

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Drugs or medicine

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Therapeut(o)

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Treatment

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Algesi(o)

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Sensitivity to pain

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Chem(o)

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Chemical

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Cry(o)

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Cold

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Therm(o)

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Heat

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Narc(o)

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Stupid

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Surgery

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The treatment or investigation of disease through cutting or manipulation of the body

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Surgeon

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A physician who specializes in surgery

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-scope

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A surgical instrument used for viewing and in diagnostic purposes

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-ectomy

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A surgical procedure involving an excision, or cutting out

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-tome

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Instrument used for cutting

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-stomy

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Forming an opening or joining 2 previously unconnected organs

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-tomy

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Incision, or cutting into tissue

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-tripsy

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Intentional surgical crushing of a part of the body

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-centesis

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A surgical procedure to aspirate or remove fluid

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Aspirate

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To remove a fluid by vacuum suction

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Excision

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A surgical procedure of removing or cutting out

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-lysis

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The process of loosening, freeing or destroying

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-pexy

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The surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position)

47
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-plasty

A

Surgical repair

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-rrhaphy

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Suture (uniting a wound with stitches)

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-stasis

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Stopping, controlling

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