MARY BIRD - MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY 3
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 EPITHELIOMA | TUMOUR OF EPITHELIAL TISSUE (LINING COVERING ORGANS) EG OF THE EPIDERMIS |
| FIBROMA | TUMOUR OF FIBROUS TISSUE |
| FIBROSIS | FORMATION OF SCAR TISSUE |
| HAEMATOMA | SWELLING CONTAINING BLOOD |
| ISCHAEMIA | DEFICIENCY OF BLOOD SUPPLY TO A PART |
| KELOID SCAR | ABNORMAL OVERGROWTH OF FIBROUS TISSUE IN THE HEALING OF A WOUND |
| LESION | MORBID (ABNORMAL) CHANGE IN TISSUE |
| LIPOMA | TUMOUR COMPOSED OF FAT |
| MALIGNANT | VIRULENT/DANGEROUS, LIKELY TO HAVE A FATAL OUTCOME (DISEASE OR TUMOUR) |
| MYALGIA | PAINFUL MUSCLES |
| MYASTHENIA GRAVIS | DISEASE CAUSING ABNORMAL FATIGUE AND WEAKNESS IN VOLUNTARY MUSCLES |
| MYOMA | TUMOUR COMPOSED OF MUSCLE |
| NG | NEW GROWTH |
| NECROSIS | DEATH OF TISSUE |
| NECROTISING FASCIITIS | DESTRUCTION OF SOFT TISSUE BY OVERWHELMING INFECTION, USUALLY POST-OPERATIVELY, BY HAEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS BACTERIA (GROUP A) |
| NEOPLASM | NEW GROWTH OR TUMOUR |
| OEDEMA | FREE FLUID IN THE TISSUES |
| PAPILLOMA | WART-TYPE BENIGN TUMOUR |
| PERITONITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE PERITONEUM (THE LINING OF THE ABDOMEN AND PELVIC CAVITITIES) |
| PLEURISY | INFLAMMATION OF THE PLEURA (THE COVERING OF THE LUNGS) |
| SARCOMA | CANCER ARISING IN THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE, E.G., BONE, BLOOD |
| SEBACEOUS CYST | SWELLING CAUSED BY BLOCKAGE OF SEBACEOUS GLAND DUCT IN THE SKIN |
| BIOPSY | REMOVAL OF A PORTION OF LIVING TISSUE FOR MICROSCOPIC INVESTIGATION |
| ACQUIRED | ACQUIRED AFTER BIRTH |
| ACUTE | RAPID ONSET AND PROGRESS |
| ALLERGIC | HYPERSENSITIVITY TO FOREIGN PROTEINS |
| CHRONIC | SLOW ONSET AND PROGRESS |
| CONGENITAL | PRESENT AT BIRTH |
| CRYPTOGENIC | OF DOUBTFUL OR HIDDEN ORIGIN |
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