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acute
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sudden, serve, having a short course
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benign
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not recurrent or malignant, favorable or recovery, describing tumors that do not spead
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carcinoma (Kar-si-NO-ma)
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a Malignant neoplasm composed of epithelial cells.
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chronic (Kron-ik)
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of long duration, progressing slowly
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Cyst (sist)
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a filled sac or pouch that is usually abnormal, used as a root meaning a normal bladder sac, such as a urinary bladder.
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edema
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accumulation of fluid in the tussues swelling. Adjective edematous
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etiology (e-te-OL-o-je
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the cause of a disease
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gram stain
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a laboratory staining procedure that divides bacteria into two groups, gram positive, which stain blue, and gram negative, which stain red.
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hernia
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protrusion of an organ through an abnormal opening: a rupture.
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toxin
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poison
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ptosis
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drooping, downward, displacement, porlapse.
Example: drooping of the eye. |
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bacteria
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simple micropscopic organisms that are widespread throughout the world which can produce disease; singular bacterium.
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cocci (KOK-si)
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round bacteria; may be clusters, chains and other formations, singular coccus.
Example of disease caused: pneumonia, rheumatic fever, food poisoning, gonorrhea, urinary tract infection. |
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bacilli (ba-sil-i)
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rod shaped bacteria, singular, bacullus.
Example of disease: typoid, tuberculosis, tetanus. |
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vibrios (VIB-re-oz)
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short curved rods.
Examples of disease: gastroenteritis, cholera |
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viruses
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submicroscopic infectious agents that can live and repoduce only within living cells.
Example of disease: colds, herpes, AIDS, measles |
