Treatments And Diseases Flashcards
(27 cards)
Acute
Ah-KUTE
Sudden, severe; having a short course
Benign / be-NINE
Not recurrent or malignant,
Favorable for recovery,
Describing a tumor that does not spread (metastasize) to other tissues,
Carcinoma / kar-sih-NO-mah
A malignant neoplasm composed of epithelial cells (from Greek root carcino, meaning “crab”) (adjective: carcinomatous)
Chronic / KRON-ik
Of long duration, progressing slowly
Cyst / sist
An abnormal filled sac or pouch:
Used as a root meaning a normal bladder or sac, such as the urinary bladder or gallbladder (root:cyst/o)
Edeme / eh-DE-mah
Accumulation of fluid in the tissues, swelling; adjective: edematous (eh-DE-mah-tus)
Etiology / e-te-OL-o-je
The cause of a disease
Gram stain
A laboratory staining procedure that divides bacteria into two groups: gram positive, ehich stains purple, and gram negative, which stains red
Hernia / HER-ne-ah
Protrusion of an organ through an abnormal opening; commonly called a rupture
Immunity / ih-MU-nih-te
All our defenses against infectious disease
Inflammation / in-flah-MA-shun
A localized response to tissue injury characterized by heat,pain, redness, and swelling
Lesion / LE-zhun
A distinct area of damages tissue, an injury or wound
Malignant / mah-LIG-nant
Growing worse,
harmful,
tending to cause death,
describing an invasive tumor that can spread(metastasize) to other tissues
Metastasis / meh-TAS-tah-sis
Spread from one part of the body to another,
Characteristic of cancer:
verb is metastasize (meh-TAS-tah-size)
Adjective: metastatic(met-ah-STAT-ik); from Greek met/a ( beyond, change) + stasis (stand)
Microorganism / mi-kro-OR-gan-izm
An organism too small to be seen without the aid of a microscope
Necrosis / neh-KRO-sis
Death of tissue ( root necr/o means “death”)
Adjective: necrotic (neh-KROT-ik)
Neoplasia / ne-o-PLA-ze-ah
An abnormal and uncontrolled growth of tissue,
Prefix neo- meaning “new” and root plasm meaning “formation”
Neoplasm / NE-o-plazm
A tumor, or abnormal growth, which may be benign or malignant
(root onc/o and suffix -oma refer to neoplasms)
Parasite / PAR-ah-site
An organism that grows on or in another organism (the host), causing damage to it
Pathogen / PATH-o-jen
An organism capable of causing disease,
(root path/o means “disease” )
Phagocytosis / fag-o-sis-TO-sis
The ingestion of organisms, such as incading bacteria or small particles of waste material by a cell,
(root phag/o means “to eat” ); the phagocytic cell, or phagocyte, then destroys the ingested material
Prolapse / PRO-laps
A dropping or downward displacement of an organ or part, ptosis
Pus
A product of inflammation consisting of fluid and whit blood cells,
(root; py/o)
Sarcoma / sar-KO-mah
A malignant neoplasm arising from connective tissue
(From Greek root SARCO, meaning “flesh”);
Adjective: sarcomatous
