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-lysis
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breakdown
ex: Hemolysis |
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-itis
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inflammation
ex: Cystitis |
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-megaly
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enlargement
ex: splenomegaly |
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-rrhage
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bursting forth or excessive flow
ex: hemorrhage Can also be call hemorrhea |
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-rrhoea
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flow or discharge
ex: diarrhoea, seborrhoea |
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-sclerosis
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hardening
ex: arterial sclerosis, glomerular sclerosis |
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-stenosis
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narrowing
ex: aortic stenosis, hypertrophic pyloric stenosis |
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-algia
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pain
ex: neuralgia |
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-dynia
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pain
ex: Coccydynia |
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-coele
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hernia
Ex: perineocele |
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-ectasia
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dialation
ex: angiectasia |
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-plegia
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paralysis
ex: neuroplegic |
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-ptosis
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displacement
ex: Nephroptosis |
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-ptysis
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spitting
ex: hemoptysis |
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-malacia
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softening
ex: osteomalacia |
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-centesis
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Puncture to remove
ex: Cystocentesis |
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-desis
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fusion
ex: arthrodesis |
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-ectomy
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excision
ex: coleoectomy |
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-stasis
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stopping or controlling
ex: hemostasis |
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-stomy
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new opening
ex: Gastrostomy |
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-otomy
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process of cutting into
ex: Intercostal thoracotomy |
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-plasty
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reshaping or reconstructing
ex: palatoplasty |
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-pexy
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surgical fixation in one place
ex: Gastropexy |
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-rrhaphy
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join by suture
ex: herneorrhaphy |
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-plication
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plaiting or folding of a structure onto itself
ex: Fundoplication |
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Miosis
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Constriction of the pupil
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Petechiae
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Small capillary hemorrahges (1-2mm diameter)
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Ecchymoses
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Larger capillary hemorrahges (3-23mm diameter)
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Rhetic
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Venular or arteriolar hemorrhage. (Ex: open wounds) Major bleeding.
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Hematoma
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Localised collection of blood confined by surrounding tissues.
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Give four examples of body cavity hemorrhages.
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1) Hemothorax
2) hemopericardium 3) hemoperitoneum 4) hemarthrosis |
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Hemorrhagic diathesis
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Predisposition to bleeding, spontaneous or related to trivial trauma.
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Chronotropy
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Increased Heart Rate
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Inotropy
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Increased force of contraction
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Dromotropy
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Increased speed of conduction
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Diapedesis
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the passage of blood cells through the intact walls of the capillaries, typically accompanying inflammation.
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Tamponade
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compression of the heart by an accumulation of fluid in the pericardial sac.
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Carcinoma
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A malignant tumor of epithelial cells.
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Dysplasia
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Abnormality of development or formation.
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Leukaemia
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Malignant neoplasia of circulating and/or bone marrow white blood cells.
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Lymphosarcoma
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Malignant neoplasia of the lymphocytes in the organised lymphoid tissues (LN, spleen).
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Senescence
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Decline in cell viability and cell death associated with old age or immortalised cells.
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Sarcoma
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A malignant tumor of connective tissue cells
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Cell Transformation
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When a cell loses contact inhibition and anchorage dependence. (Not necessarily tumorgenic or immortalised)
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Tumor
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A solid cell mas formed within tissues by neoplasia and are not affected by regulatory processes.
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