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79 Cards in this Set
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Infectious Organisms |
Bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, helminths |
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Types of bacteria |
Cocci, bacilli, vibrios, spirochetes, chlamydia, rickettsia |
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Cocci |
Round bacteria, |
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Bacilli |
Rod-shaped bacteria, |
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Vibrios |
Short curved rods |
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Spirochetes |
Corkscrew-shaped bacteria that move with a twisting motion |
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Chlamydia |
Extremely small bacteria with complex life cycle, susceptible to antibiotics |
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Ricketts |
Extremely small bacteria that grow in living cells |
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Viruses |
Submicroscopic infectious agent that can live and reproduce only within living cells |
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Fungi |
Simple, yeasts and mold |
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Protozoa |
Single celled animals |
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Helminths |
Worms |
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Acute |
Sudden, severe, short course |
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Alg/o, algi/o, algesi/o |
Pain |
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Carcin/o |
Cancer, carcinoma |
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Cyst/o |
Filled sac or pouch, bladder |
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Lith |
Calculus, stone |
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Onc/o |
Tumor |
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Path/o |
Disease |
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Py/o |
Pus |
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Pyr/o , pyret/o |
Fever, fire |
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Scler/o |
Hard |
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Tox/o, toxic/o |
Poison |
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Brady- |
Slow |
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Dys- |
Abnormal, painful, difficult |
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Mal- |
Bad, poor |
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Pachy- |
Thick |
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Tachy- |
Rapid |
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Xero- |
Dry |
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Gram stain |
A lab staining procedure that divides bacteria into two groups. Gram positive - purple and gram negative- red |
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-algia, -algesia |
Pain |
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-cele |
Hernia |
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-clasis, -clasia |
Breaking |
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-itis |
Inflammation |
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-megaly |
Enlargement |
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-odynia |
Pain |
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-oma |
Tumor |
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-pathy |
Any disease of |
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-rhage, rhagia |
Bursting forth, profuse flow, |
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-rhea |
Flow, discharge |
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-rhexis |
Rupture |
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-schisis |
Fissure, splitting |
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Dilation, dilatation |
Expansion, widening |
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Ectasis, ectasia |
Dilation, dilatation, distension |
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Edema |
Swelling, accumulation of fluid |
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Lysis |
Separation, loosening, dissolving, destruction |
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Malacia |
Softening |
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Necrosis |
Death of tissue |
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Ptosis |
Dropping, downward placement, prolapse |
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Sclerosis |
Hardening |
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Spasm |
Sudden contraction |
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Stasis |
Suppression, stoppage |
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Stenosis |
Narrowing, constriction |
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Toxin |
Poison |
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Staphyl/o |
Grape like clusters |
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Strept/o |
Twisted chain |
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Bacill/i |
Bacillus |
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Bacteri/o |
Bacterium |
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Myc/o |
Fungus, mold |
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Vir/o |
Virus |
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Endemic |
Occuring at a low level but continuously in a given region |
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Epidemic |
Affecting many people in a given region at the same time |
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Iatrogenic |
Caused by the effects of treatment |
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Idiopathic |
No known cause |
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In situ |
Localized noninvasive, saidbif tumors that don't spread, (ie carcinoma in situ - CIS) |
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Nosocomial |
Infection acquired in a hospital |
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Anaplasia |
Lack of normal differentiation |
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Ascites |
Accumulation of fluid in peritoneal cavity |
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Effusion |
Escape of fluid into a cavity or other body part |
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Exudate |
Material that escapes from blood vessels as a result of tissue injury |
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Fissure |
Groove or split |
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Fistula |
An abnormal passage between two organs or from an organ to the surface of the body |
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Hyperplasia |
Excessive growth of normal tissue |
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Hypertrophy |
An increase in size of an organ without increase in the number of cells |
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Induration |
Hardening, an abnormally hard spot |
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Metaplasia |
Conversion of cells to a form that that is not normal for that tissue |
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Polyp |
A tumor attached by a thin stalk |
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Purulent |
Forming or containing pus |
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Suppuration |
Pus formation |
