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What is BACTERIA? |
Simple microscopic organisms that are wipespread throughout the world, some can produce disease. Singular: bacterium |
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What is COCCI? |
Round bacteria, may be in clusters (staphylococci), chains (strephtococci), and other formations. Singular: COCCUS |
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What is BACILLI? |
Rod shaped bacteria. Singular: BACILLUS |
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What is VIBRIOS? |
Short, curved rod looking infectious organisms |
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What is SPIROCHETES? |
Corkscrew shaped bacteria that move with a twisting motion |
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What are VIRUSES? |
Submicroscopic infectious agents that can live and reproduce only within living cells |
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What are FUNGI? |
Simple, nongreen plants, some are parasitic, includes yeasts and molds. Singular:fungus |
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What are PROTOZOA? |
Single celled animals. Singular: protozoon |
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What are HELMINTHS? |
Worms |
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What is ACUTE? |
Sudden, severe, having a short course |
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BENIGN |
Not malignant. A tumor that does not spread |
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CARCINOMA |
Malignant tumor composed of epithelial cells |
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CHRONIC |
Long lasting, slow progression |
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CYST |
Non cancerous but abnormal sac or pouch filled with fluid or semi soft material |
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EDEMA |
Accumulation of fluid in tissues |
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ETIOLOGY |
Cause of a disease |
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GRAM STAIN |
Lab staining procedure that divides bacteria into 2 groups |
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HERNIA |
Rupture/protrusion of an organ through an abnormal opening |
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INFLAMMATION |
Response to tissue injury: swelling,redness,heat,pain |
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LESION |
Area of damaged tissue, an injury or wound |
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MALIGNANT |
Growing worse, tending to cause death. Usually describes an invasive tumor |
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METASTASIS |
Spread from one part of the body to another. Characteristic of cancer |
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MICROORGANISM |
Organism to small to be seen without aid of microscope |
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NECROSIS |
Death of tissue |
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NEOPLASM |
Abnormal and uncontrolled growth of tissue, namely a tumor |
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PARASITE |
Organism that grows on or in another organism |
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PATHOGEN |
Organism capable of causing disease |
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PHAGOCYTOSIS |
Ingestion of organisms |
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PROLAPSE |
Dropping or downward displacement of an organ |
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PUS |
Product of inflammation consists of fluid and white blood cells |
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SARCOMA |
Malignant tumor arising from connective tissue |
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SEPSIS |
Presence of harmful microorganisms or their toxins in the blood or tissue |
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TOXIN |
A poison |
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TRAUMA |
Physical or psychological wound or injury |
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ROOT: alg/o, algi/o, algesi/o |
Pain |
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ROOT: carcin/o |
Cancer, carcinoma |
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ROOT: cyst/o |
Filled sac or pouch |
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ROOT: lith |
Calculus, stone |
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ROOT: onc/o |
Tumor |
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ROOT: path/o |
Disease |
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ROOT: py/o |
Pus |
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ROOT: pyr/o, pyret/o |
Fever, fire |
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ROOT: scler/o |
Hard |
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ROOT: tox/o, toxic/o |
Poison |
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PREFIX: brady- |
Slow |
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PREFIX: dys- |
Abnormal, painful, difficult |
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PREFIX: mal- |
Bad, poor |
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PREFIX: pachy- |
Thick |
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PREFIX: tachy- |
Rapid |
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PREFIX: xero- |
Dry |
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SUFFIX: -algia, -algesia |
Pain |
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SUFFIX: -cele |
Hernia, localized dilation |
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SUFFIX: -clasis, -clasia |
Breaking |
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SUFFIX: -itis |
Inflammation |
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SUFFIX: -megaly |
Enlargement |
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SUFFIX: -odynia |
Pain |
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SUFFIX: -oma (-omas, -omata (plural)) |
Tumor |
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SUFFIX: -pathy |
Any disease of |
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SUFFIX: -rhage, rhagia (double the r when adding ) |
Profuse flow, bursting forth |
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SUFFIX: -rhea(double the r when adding) |
Flow, discharge |
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SUFFIX: -rhexis (double the r when adding) |
Rupture |
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SUFFIX: -schisis |
Fissure, splitting |
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DILATION, DILATATION |
Expansion, widening |
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ECTASIA, ECTASIS |
Dilation, dilatation, distension |
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EDEMA |
Accumulation of fluid, swelling |
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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 displacement, prolapse |
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SCLEROSIS |
Hardening |
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SPASM |
Sudden contraction, cramp |
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STASIS |
Suppression, stoppage |
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STENOSIS |
Narrowing, constriction |
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TOXIN |
Poison |
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PREFIX: staphyl/o |
Grape like cluster |
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PREFIX: strept/o |
Twisted chain |
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ROOT: bacill/i, bacill/o |
Bacillus |
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ROOT: bacteri/o |
Bacterium |
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ROOT: myc/o |
Fungus, mold |
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ROOT: vir/o |
Virus |
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ACID-FAST STAIN |
Lab staining test to identify TB |
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COMMUNICABLE |
Capable of passing from one person to another |
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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 , a disease that breaks out in a large proportion of a population at a given time |
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EXACERBATION |
Worsening of a disease, increase in severity of a disease or its symptoms |
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IATROGENIC |
Caused by the effects of treatment |
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IDIOPATHIC |
Having no known cause |
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IN SITU |
Localized noninvasive |
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NORMAL FLORAL |
Microorganisms that normally live on or in the body. Generally harmless, often beneficial, but can cause disease under special circumstances ( injury, failure of immune system) |
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NOSOCOMIAL |
An infection acquired in a hospital |
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OPPORTUNISTIC |
An infection that occur because of a host's poor or altered condition |
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PANDEMIC |
A disease that is prevalent throughout an entire region or the world |
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REMISSION |
The period disease symptoms lessen |
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SEPTICEMIA |
Presence of patogenic bacteria in the blood/blood poisoning |
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SYSTEMIC |
Pertaining to the whole body |
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ABSCESS |
Localized collection of pus |
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ADHESION |
Uniting of 2 surfaces/parts that may normally be separated |
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ANAPLASIA |
Lack of normal differentiation |
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ASCITES |
Accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity |
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CELLULITIS |
Spreading inflammation of tissue |
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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 |
Abnormal passage between 2 organs or from an organ to the surface of the body |
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GANGRENE |
Death of tissue, usually caused by lack of blood supply. Can be from bacterial infection and decomposition |
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HYPERPLASIA |
Excessive growth of normal cells in normal arrangement |
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HYPERTROPHY |
Increase in size of an organ, without increase in number of cells |
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INDURATION |
Hardening, abnormally hard spot |
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METAPLASIA |
Conversion of cells to a form that is not normal for that tissue |
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POLYP |
Tumor attached by a thin stalk |
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PURULENT |
Forming or containing pus |
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SUPPURATION |
Pus formation |
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AF |
Acid fast |
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CA, Ca |
Cancer |
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CIS |
Carcinoma in situ |
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FUO |
Fever of unknown origin |
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Gm+ |
GRAM-positive |
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Gm- |
Gram-negative |
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MRSA |
Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus |
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Staph |
Staphylococcus |
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Strep |
Streptococcus |
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VRSA |
Vancomycin resistant staphylococcus aureus |