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Abatement - ANSWER✔✔decrease in, such as in pain
Abrasion - ANSWER✔✔Scrape of the skin due to something abrasive
Abscess - ANSWER✔✔localized accumulation of pus
Acapnia - ANSWER✔✔a marked decrease in blood carbon dioxide content.
Acidosis - ANSWER✔✔condition in which there is an excessive proportion of
acid in the blood
Acquired - ANSWER✔✔presents itself after birth
Acromegaly - ANSWER✔✔hyperfunction of pituitary gland after ossification has
been completed
Acute - ANSWER✔✔a disease with rapid onset and short duration
adenoma - ANSWER✔✔a neoplasm formed by glandular epithelium.
Alkalosis - ANSWER✔✔condition in which there is an excessive proportion of
alkali in the blood.
Alzheimer's disease - ANSWER✔✔A pre-senile dementia occurring usually in
persons over 60 years of age
Allergies - ANSWER✔✔Having a hypersensitivity to a substance that does not
normally cause a reaction.
Amelia - ANSWER✔✔complete absence of one or more limbs
Anasarca - ANSWER✔✔severe generalized edema in subcutaneous tissue.
,Anemia - ANSWER✔✔a decrease in the number of erythrocytes, hemoglobin or
both
Aneurysm - ANSWER✔✔a localized dilation of a blood vessel
Angioma - ANSWER✔✔A tumor due to the dilation of blood vessels
Anoxia - ANSWER✔✔deficient blood oxygen supplies to tissues.
Aplasia - ANSWER✔✔failure of a tissue or an organ to develop normally
Arteritis - ANSWER✔✔inflammation of an artery
Arteriosclerosis - ANSWER✔✔abnormal hardening or thickening of the walls of
an artery or arteries
Ascites - ANSWER✔✔abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity
Asphyxia - ANSWER✔✔the loss of consciousness from deficient oxygen
Atherosclerosis - ANSWER✔✔a form of arteriosclerosis marked by the deposition
of lipids in the inner layer of arterial walls
Atrophy - ANSWER✔✔Decrease in size of an organ or tissue
Autopsy - ANSWER✔✔a postmortem examination of organs and tissues to
determine the cause of death
Avulsion - ANSWER✔✔the tearing away of a structure or part
Bilirubin - ANSWER✔✔the red pigment in the bile
Biliverdin - ANSWER✔✔the green pigment in bile
Brain purge - ANSWER✔✔Pre-embalming purge as a result of a fracture of the
skull, a surgical procedure in the cranial cavity or a trauma. It is possible for gas (a
, type of purge) to build up in the cranium and travel along the nerve routes to
distend such tissues as the eyelids.
Cachexia - ANSWER✔✔a general state of ill-health, associated with emaciation
Carbuncle - ANSWER✔✔several communicating boils of the skin and
subcutaneous tissues with the production and discharge of pus and dead tissue
Carcinoma - ANSWER✔✔general term for a malignant tumor.
Cavitation - ANSWER✔✔The formation of cavities in an organ or tissue;
frequently seen in some forms of tuberculosis.
Cellular degeneration - ANSWER✔✔the deterioration of an organ or cell structure
which may include swelling
Cellular infiltration - ANSWER✔✔a cellular reaction to injury which may include
pigmentation, calcification, and gout.
Chancre - ANSWER✔✔primary lesion of syphilis
Cholecystitis - ANSWER✔✔inflammation of the gallbladder
Chronic - ANSWER✔✔A disease with slow onset and long duration
Cleft palate - ANSWER✔✔congenitally malformed palate with a fissure along the
midline
Clinical pathology - ANSWER✔✔study of disease by means of body secretions,
excretions, and other body fluids performed in the laboratory in the diagnosis of a
disease
Communicable - ANSWER✔✔A disease that may be transmitted directly or
indirectly from one individual to another
Complication - ANSWER✔✔an unfavorable condition arising during the course of
disease
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