Path

Question 1

disease

Answer 1

molecular, cellular, tissue, organ and organismic damage caused by an etiology and mediated by pathogenic mechanism

Question 2

VINDICATE

Answer 2

vascular, inflammatory, neoplastic, drugs/toxins, infectious, congenital, autoimmune, traumatic, endocrine

Question 3

diagnosis

Answer 3

the name of a disease

Question 4

etiololgy

Answer 4

the cause of disease

Question 5

pathogensis

Answer 5

the sequence of events that leads from the etiology to the manifestations of disease

Question 6

symptoms

Answer 6

disease manifestation perceived and reported by the patient

Question 7

sign

Answer 7

manifestation of disease that can be identified by physical examination, laboratory tests, imaging studies and other methods

Question 8

differential diagnosis

Answer 8

ranked list of the most likely diagnoses based on the signs and symptoms of disease in a given patient

Question 9

hypertrophy

Answer 9

increase in cell size

Question 10

hyperplasia

Answer 10

increase in cell numbers

Question 11

atrophy

Answer 11

decrease in cell size

Question 12

metaplasia

Answer 12

conversion of one differentiated cell type to another

Question 13

dysplasia

Answer 13

disordered growth and maturation of the cellular components of a tissue (precursor to malignant neoplasia)

Question 14

neoplasia

Answer 14

autonomous growth of cells that have escaped normal regulation of cell proliferation

Question 15

benign

Answer 15

localized

Question 16

malignant

Answer 16

spreading to different sites

Question 17

Hydropic Degeneration

Answer 17

abnormal swelling of cells due to increased water within organelles caused by injury or toxin