Ch. 1 Introduction to Pathology
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Acute - ANS-Having a quick onset and lasting a short period of time with a relatively
severe
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Asymptomatic - ANS-showing or causing no identifiable symptoms
Atrophy - ANS-A reduction in size or wasting of cells, tissues, or organs as a result of
poor nutrition or nonuse
Autoantibodies - ANS-antibody acting against its own tissue or organism
Autoimmune Disorders - ANS-Disease in which antibodies form against and injure the
patient's own tissues, in contrast to the normal process in which antibodies form in
response to foreign antigens
Benign neoplasm - ANS-A localized tumor of well differentiated cells that does not
invade surrounding tissue or metastasize to distant areas within the body.
Carcinoma - ANS-A malignant growth composed of epithelial cells that tends to invade
surrounding tissues and give rise to metastases.
Chronic - ANS-Presenting slowly and persisting over a long period of time.
Congenital - ANS-Existing at and usually before, birth and resulting from genetic or
environmental factors.
Degenerative - ANS-Refers to deterioration of the body usually associated with the
aging process
Diagnosis - ANS-the name of a disease an individual is believed to have
Disease - ANS-Any abnormal disturbance pf the normal function or structure of a body
part, organ, or system; may display a variety of manifestations.
Dysplasia - ANS-Abnormal tissue development, Escherichia coli species of ameba
normally found in the upper intestinal tract.
Epidemiology - ANS-The investigation of disease in large groups
Etiology - ANS-The study of the cause and origin of disease
Genetic Mapping - ANS-The process of determining the location and chemical
sequence of specific genes on specific chromosomes.
Genome - ANS-The entirety of an organism's hereditary information, including both the
genes and the non-coding sequences of DNA and ribonucleic acid (RNA)
Haplotype - ANS-A combination of DNA sequences at adjacent locations on the
chromosome that are transmitted together.
Hematogenous spread - ANS-Spread through the blood
Hereditary - ANS-Genetically transferred fro either parent to child and derived from
ancestors.
Hyperplasia - ANS-Over development
Hypertrophy - ANS-Increase in number of cells and tissue resulting in an increased
organ size without the presence of a tumor.
Iatrogenic - ANS-Pertains to any adverse condition that occurs in a patient as a result of
medical treatment
Idiopathic - ANS-Having no identifiable causative factor
Incidence - ANS-A statistical measure that refers to the number of new cases of a
disease found in a given time period
Infection - ANS-An inflammatory disease process caused by exposure to some diseasecausing organism.
Inflammatory - ANS-Refers to the body process of destroying, diluting, or walling off a
localized injurious agent.
Invasion - ANS-The prolapse of a segment of bowel into a distal segment
Lesion - ANS-General term used to describe the various types of cellular changes that
can occur in response to a disease.
Leukemia - ANS-A malignant disease of the leukocytes and their precursor cells in
blood and bone marrow.
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