Pathology master for exam #3

Question 1

Prefix meaning uterus.

Answer 1

Hyster

Question 2

Suffix meaning a process.

Answer 2

Iasis

Question 3

Results rom the adverse activity of medical personnel.

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Iatrogenic

Question 4

Of unknown cause (example: essential hypertension).

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Idiopathic

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Any foreign or heterogeneous substance contained in a cell or in any tissue or organ that was not introduced as a result of trauma.

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Inclusions

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Plant life occurring or adapted for living in a specific environment.

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Indigenous flora

Question 7

The formation of an area of necrosis in a tissue caused by obstruction in the artery supplying the area.

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Infarction

Question 8

The state or condition in which the body or a part of it is invaded by a pathogenic agent that, under favorable conditions, multiplies and produces injurious effects.

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Infection

Question 9

The harboring of animal parasites, especially macroscopic forms, such as ticks or mosquitos.

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Infestation

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The process of seepage or diffusion into tissue of substances that are not ordinarily present.

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Infiltration

Question 11

A tissue reaction to irritation, infection, or injury marked by localized heat, swelling, redness, pain and sometimes loss of function.

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Inflammation

Question 12

Prefix meaning below.

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Infra

Question 13

A substance that kills insects.

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Insecticide

Question 14

Prefix meaning between.

Answer 14

Inter

Question 15

Prefix meaning within.

Answer 15

Intra

Question 16

State of being intoxicated, especially of being poisoned by a drug or toxic substance.

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Intoxication

Question 17

Extravasation of blood within the skull.

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Intracranial hemorrhage

Question 18

A compound consisting of iodine combined with a carrier, such as polyvinylpyrrolidone, often used as a preoperative skin disinfectant.

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Iodophores

Question 19

Reduction in arterial blood supply.

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Ischemia

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Condition that results when the body part that dies had little blood and remains aseptic and occurs when the arteries but no the veins are obstructed.

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Ischemic necrosis

Question 21

Suffix meaning inflammation of.

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Itis

Question 22

Conditions characterized by excessive concentration of bilirubin in the skin and tissues and deposition of excessive bile pigment in the skin, cornea, body fluids, and mucous membranes with the resulting yellow appearance of the patient.

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Jaundice

Question 23

A tear or town wound.

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Laceration

Question 24

A substance that kills insect larva.

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Larvacide

Question 25

Specific pathological structural or functional changes of both brought about by disease or injury.

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Lesion

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Disease characterized by the appearance of great numbers of immature and abnormal white blood cells.

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Leukemia

Question 27

Prefix meaning white.

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Leuko

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Increase in the number of white blood cells in blood.

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Leucocytosis

Question 29

Abnormal reduction in the number of white blood cells in the blood.

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Leucopenia

Question 30

A tumor composed of fatty tissue.

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Lipoma

Question 31

Suffix meaning stone.

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Lith

Question 32

The major organ for detoxification and production of bile.

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Liver

Question 33

Infection caused by germs lodging and multiplying at one point in a tissue and remaining there.

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Local infection

Question 34

Malignancy of lymphoid tissue.

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Lymphoma

Question 35

Suffix meaning to dissolve.

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Lysis

Question 36

Prefix meaning large.

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Macro

Question 37

Prefix meaning bad.

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Mal

Question 38

Suffix meaning softening.

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Malacia

Question 39

A defect or deformity.

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Malformation (anomaly)

Question 40

Prefix meaning breast.

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Mast

Question 41

A forensically trained physician (medical doctor) whose duty is the investigate questionable or unattended deaths.

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Medical examiner

Question 42

The spread of tumor cells from one part of the body to another by blood or lymph.

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Metastasis

Question 43

Temperature above which bacterial growth will not take place, 120 degrees F.

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Maximum temperature

Question 44

A living organism or an object that is capable of transmitting infections by carrying the disease agent on its external body parts or surface.

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Mechanical vector

Question 45

Study of disease to ascertain cause and manner of death.

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Medicolegal (forensic) pathology

Question 46

Prefix meaning great.

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Mega

Question 47

Suffix meaning large.

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Megaly

Question 48

Prefix meaning thick.

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Melan

Question 49

A malignant pigmented mole.

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Melanoma

Question 50

Blood in stool.

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Melena

Question 51

Prefix meaning month.

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Men

Question 52

Inflammation of the membranes of the brain or spinal cord.

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Meningitis

Question 53

Bacteria that prefer moderate temperatures and develop best at temperatures between 25 degrees C and 40 degrees C.

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Mesophile

Question 54

Replacement of one type of tissue into a form that is nor normally found there.

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Metaplasia

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Transfer of a disease from its primary site to a distant location.

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Metastasize

Question 56

Prefix meaning small.

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Micro

Question 57

A microorganism that requires very little free oxygen.

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Microaerophilic

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Scientific study of microorganisms and their effect on other living organisms.

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Microbiology

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Study of microscopic changes that cells, tissues, and organs undergo as a result of disease.

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Microscopic pathology (histopathology)

Question 60

Temperature below which bacterial growth will not take place, 32 degrees F.

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Minimum temperature

Question 61

Infection caused by two or more organisms.

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Mixed infection

Question 62

Necrotic tissue that is wet as a result of inadequate venous drainage; may be accompanied by the invasion of saprophytic bacteria.

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Moist (wet) gangrene

Question 63

Relative incidence of a disease in the population of number of cases in a given time at a given population.

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Morbidity rate

Question 64

Number of deaths in a given time or place or proportion of deaths to a population.

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Mortality rate

Question 65

A chronic disease of the nervous system characterized by remissions and relapses and by the presence of patches of demyelination associated with sclerosis or hardening, scattered diffusely throughout the gray and white matter of the brain stem and spinal cord.

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Multiple sclerosis

Question 66

Relationship in which organisms or two different species live in close association to the mutual benefit of each.

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Mutualism

Question 67

The branch of science concerned with the study of fungi.

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Mycology

Question 68

Bacteria of the mycoplasma genus that are found in humans and most have no cell wall; the smallest free-living organisms presently known, being intermediate in size between viruses and bacteria.

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Mycoplasmas

Question 69

Inflammation of the spinal cord or the bone marrow.

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Myelitis

Question 70

Prefix meaning muscle.

Answer 70

Myo

Question 71

Referred to as heart attack. Usually results in damage to the myocardium.

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Myocardial infarction

Question 72

Inflammation of the muscular walls of the heart.

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Myocarditis

Question 73

Prefix meaning mucous.

Answer 73

Myx