Pathology Terms

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PPE stands for

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Personal protective equipment

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Alteration in the DNA structures that may become permanent hereditary change

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Mutation

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Manifests when a person is homozygous for the trait

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Recessive gene

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Always produces an effect

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Dominant gene

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44 chromosomes other than X and Y

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Autosomes

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Genetic information contained in the nucleus of each cell

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Hereditary process

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Reflects the number of deaths by disease per population

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Mortality

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Rate that an illness or abnormality occurs

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Morbidity

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Study of determinants of disease events in the given populations

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Epidemiology

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Extensiveness of tumor at the primary site. Presence or absence of metastases to lymph nodes and distant organs

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Staging

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Assessment of aggressiveness or degree of malignancy

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Grading

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Malignant tumor that has invaded the circulatory system and travel as neoplastic emboli

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Hematogenous spread

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Major route by which carcinoma metastasizes

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Lymphatic spread

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Highly malignant tumor originating from connective tissue

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Sarcoma

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Undifferentiated cell growth - without form

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Anaplastic

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Malignant neoplasm of epithelial cell origin

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Carcinoma

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Malignant neoplasms that travel to distant sites

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Metastasize

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Neoplastic growth that invades and destroys adjacent structures

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Malignant

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Growth that closely resembles the cells of origin in structure and function

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Benign

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Study of neoplasms

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Oncology

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Ungoverned abnormal proliferation of cells

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Neoplasia

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Loss of uniformity of individual cells and their architectural orientation

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Dysplasia

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Increase in the number of cells in a tissue or organ

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Hyperplasia

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Increase in the size of the cells of a tissue or organ in response to a demand for increased function

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Hypertrophy

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Reduction in the size or number of cells in an organ or tissue, with a corresponding decrease in function

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Atrophy

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Accumulation of blood trapped within body tissue

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Hematoma

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Implies rupture of a blood vessel

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Hemorrhage

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Localized area of ischemic necrosis. a blockage either arterial or venous

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Infarct

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Interference of blood supply to an organ; deprives cells and tissues of oxygen and nutrients

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Ischemia

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Localized lymphatic obstruction resulting in localized edema

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Elephantiasis

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Generalized edema that occurs with pronounced swelling of subcutaneous tissues throughout the body

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Anasarca

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Accumulation of abnormal amounts of fluid in the intercellular tissue spaces or body cavities

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Edema

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Potential involvement of other organs and tissues in the body by organisms invading the blood vessels

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Bacteremia

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Localized, usually encapsulated, collection of fluids

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Abscess

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Thick, yellow fluid called pus

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Proyenic bacteria

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Fibrous scar replaces destroyed tissue

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Granulation tissue

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Allows fluids/cells to pass from one tissue to another tissue or location

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Permeable membrane

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Initial response of the issue to local injury

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Inflammation

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Underlying cause is unknown

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Idiopathic

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Infections contracted in a public setting outside of the acute care facility

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Community-acquired infections

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Infections contracted in the acute care facility

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Nosocomial infections

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Disease caused by physician or treatment

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Iatrogenic

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Feelings that the patient describes. Very subjective

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Symptoms

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Measurable or objective manifestations

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Signs