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Some common, frequently used terms and words are defined here in hopes of
making the course easier for someone unacquainted with the subject. They are not
intended to serve as a substitute for a medical dictionary. The definitions give briefly
the most common meanings of the words or terms.
A- or AN-
ABSCESS
ACHALASIA
ACHLORHYDRIA
ACUTE
ACUTE
GLOMERULONEPHRITIS
ADENOCARCINOMA
ADENOMA
ADHESION
AGENESIS
ALLERGY
AMYLOIDOSIS
ANAPHYLAXIS
ANASARCA
ANEMIA
ANEURYSM
ANGINA
ANGIOMA
ANTHRACOSIS
ANTIBODY
ANTIGEN
ANURIA
ARGYRIA
ARTERIOSCLEROSIS
ARTHRITIS
inflammation of a joint
ASCHOFF BODY
ASCITES
ASPHYXIA
ATELECTASIS
ATHEROMA
ATRESIA
ATROPHY
AUTO
AUTOLYSIS
BACTEREMIA
BENIGN
BRONCHIECTASIS
BRONCHITIS
CACHEXIA
CALCIFICATION
CALCULUS
CAPUT MEDUSA
CARBUNCLE
CARCINOGEN
CARCINOID
CARCINOMA
CARCINOMA IN SITU
CASEATION
CEROID
CHARCOT JOINT
CHEMOTAXIS
CHONDRO-
CHOREA
CHRONIC
CIRRHOSIS
CLONE
COAGULATION
COMA
COMMUNICATION
transfer of information
COMPATIBLE
CONTINUITY
CONTROL
COR PULMONALE
CRESCENT
CRETIN
CYANOSIS
CYST
CYSTITIS
DE-
DEFINITION
DEGENERATION
DEVELOPMENT
DIABETES
DIAGNOSIS
DIAPEDESIS
DIFFERENTIATION
DISEASE
DIVERTICULUM
DUST CELLS
DYSENTERY
DYSPNEA
difficult breathing
DYSTROPHIC
ECLAMPSIA
EDEMA
EMBOLUS
EMPHYSEMA
EMPYEMA
ENCEPHALITIS
inflammation of brain
EOSINOPHIL
EPIDEMIC
EPITHELIOID CELL
EPIZOOTIC
ERYSIPELAS
ETIOLOGY
EXOPHTHALMOS
FAT NECROSIS
FECALITH
FEEDBACK
FEVER
FIBRINOID
FIBROID
FISTULA
FOAM CELLS
FRACTURE
FURUNCLE
GANGRENE
GIANT CELL
GLYCOGEN
GLYCOSURIA
sugar in urine
GOITER
GOUT
GRAFT
GRANULOMA
GUMMA
HAMARTOMA
HEALING
see Repair
HEART-FAILURE CELLS
HEMATIN
HEMOCHROMATOSIS
HEMOFUSCIN
HEMOPHILIA
HEMORRHAGE
HEMOSIDERIN
HEPATIC CIRRHOSIS
HERNIA
HETEROGRAFT
HOMEOSTASIS
HOMOGRAFT
HYALINE
HYDRO-
HYDRONEPHROSIS
HYPER-
HYPERPLASIA
HYPERTROPHY
HYPO-
ICTERUS
jaundice
IMMUNITY
INCLUSION BODY
INDIVIDUALITY
INDUCED
INFARCTION
INFECTION
INFILTRATION
INFLAMMATION
INFORMATION
INJURY
INTERSTITIAL
INTUSSUSCEPTION
INVASION
ISCHEMIA
ISO-GRAFT
-IT IS
JAUNDICE
KAPPA PARTICLES
KARYO-
KARYOLYSIS
nuclear solution
KARYORRHEXIS
KELOID
KYPHOSIS
LESION
LEUKEMIA
LEUKEMOID
LEUKOPENIA
LOBAR PNEUMONIA
LOBULAR
LUPUS
LYMPHADENITIS
LYMPHEDEMA
MALACIA
MALIGNANT
MELANIN
METAPLASIA
METASTASIS
MILIARY
MIXED TUMOR
MUCOCELE
MYXEDEMA
NATURAL
NECROSIS
death of cells
NEOPLASIA
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NEURONOPHAGIA
NEVUS
OBSOLESCENCE
OBSTRUCTION
OLIGURIA
-OMA
ORGANIZATION
-OSIS
PAPILLARY
PAPILLOMA
PARA-
PARALYSIS
PARASITE
PARESIS
PATHOGEN
disease-producing agent
PATHOGENESIS
PATHOLOGY
PELLAGRA
PEPTIC
related to digestion
PERFORATION
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PERI-
PHAGOCYTE
PHTHISIS
PIGMENT
PNEUMONIA
PNEUMONITIS
POISON
POLY-
POLYCYTHEMIA
excess of erythrocytes
POLYP
POLYPOID
PROCESS
series of changes
PROGNOSIS
PSEUDO-
PURPURA
PUS
PYELONEPHRITIS
PYEMIA
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PYLEPHLEBITIS
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PYO-
PYREXIA
PYURIA
pus in urine
RADIATION
REGENERATION
REPAIR
RHEUMATIC
RIGOR
rigidity or stiffness
SARCOMA
SCAR
SCLER-
SEMINOMA
SESSILE
SHOCK
SIGN
SIGNAL
SINUS
SLUDGE
SPASM
STEATORRHEAL
STENOSIS
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SUBACUTE
SYMPTOM
SYN-
SYNDROME
TABES
TELEOLOGY
TEMPLATE
TERATO-
THROMBUS
TOLERANCE
TOPHUS
TRANSFUSION
TRANSPLANT
TRANSPORT
TRAUMA
injury or wound
TREMOR
TUBERCLE
TUMOR
ULCER
UREMIA
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VARIX
VESICLE
VOLVULUS
WOUND HEALING
XANTHOMA
XEROPHTHALMIA
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