NURS 3040 Patho Test 1 Vocab
Prognosis - answer expected outcome of a disease
Prodromal - answer the time between infection and display of symptoms
"I don't feel so well, I might be coming down with something"
Ischemia - answer Lack of arterial blood flow, common source of injury
DECREASED blood flow, not absence
Acute - answerrapid, sharp onset of symptoms
Asystole - answerabsence of contractions of the heart, cardiac arrest
Fulminant - answerrapid, severe, overwhelming onset of a severe disease process
Epidemiology - answerstudy diseases and patterns
Febrile - answerpyrogenic response to a fever
Iatrogenic - answerthe medical treatment caused a problem
EX: issues associated with chemo treatment
Nosocomial - answerdiseases acquired in a hospital setting
Insidious - answerslow onset, may be hard to recognize at first
Syndrome - answergroup of interrelated problems that make a case complex
derive from and affect multiple body systems
Etiology - answerthe cause of a disease
Remission - answera temporary recovery from a disease
Latent - answerhave a disease, but may not know it because no symptoms are shown
Infarct - answerarea of dead tissue after a lack of blood supply
Idiopathic - answerunknown cause of acquiring a disease
Sequelae - answera secondary pathologic consequence of a disease
Incidence - answernew cases counted each week, month, etc
, Prevalence - answerhow many people in a given population are affected by a disease
Exacerbation - answerincrease in the worsening of signs or symptoms
Disseminated - answera condition spreads around
"Oh no, it's everywhere"
Necrotic - answerdead tissue caused by lack of blood flow to the area
Pathogenesis - answerpattern of tissue changes that give rise to a disease, which
causes microscopic changes in the cell
Histology - answerchanges in the histology of cells, aids in the diagnosis
Diagnosis - answercollecting signs and symptoms to make an outcome and a list of
possible causes
Risk (predisposing) factor - answermay contribute to a disease process (genetics,
environment)
Precipitating factors - answerconditions or events that led to pathogenesis
Physiological adaptation - answernormal for the cell to adapt
Pathologic adaptation - answerresponse to adverse conditions as a temporary solution
to stress
Atrophy - answerdecrease in size of cells
Physiologic atrophy - answerthymus gland decreasing during childhood
Pathologic atrophy - answercan occur because of disuse, ischemia, or denervation
Disuse atrophy - answeroccurs with prolonged immobility (bed side patients, casts)
Ischemia/Inadequate nutrition atrophy - answerdecreased blood flow causing a
decrease in cell size (potentially reversible)
Denervation atrophy - answerloss of nerve stimulation resulting in the decrease in cell
size
only atrophy that is IRREVERSIBLE
Hypertrophy - answerincrease in cell size
Prognosis - answer expected outcome of a disease
Prodromal - answer the time between infection and display of symptoms
"I don't feel so well, I might be coming down with something"
Ischemia - answer Lack of arterial blood flow, common source of injury
DECREASED blood flow, not absence
Acute - answerrapid, sharp onset of symptoms
Asystole - answerabsence of contractions of the heart, cardiac arrest
Fulminant - answerrapid, severe, overwhelming onset of a severe disease process
Epidemiology - answerstudy diseases and patterns
Febrile - answerpyrogenic response to a fever
Iatrogenic - answerthe medical treatment caused a problem
EX: issues associated with chemo treatment
Nosocomial - answerdiseases acquired in a hospital setting
Insidious - answerslow onset, may be hard to recognize at first
Syndrome - answergroup of interrelated problems that make a case complex
derive from and affect multiple body systems
Etiology - answerthe cause of a disease
Remission - answera temporary recovery from a disease
Latent - answerhave a disease, but may not know it because no symptoms are shown
Infarct - answerarea of dead tissue after a lack of blood supply
Idiopathic - answerunknown cause of acquiring a disease
Sequelae - answera secondary pathologic consequence of a disease
Incidence - answernew cases counted each week, month, etc
, Prevalence - answerhow many people in a given population are affected by a disease
Exacerbation - answerincrease in the worsening of signs or symptoms
Disseminated - answera condition spreads around
"Oh no, it's everywhere"
Necrotic - answerdead tissue caused by lack of blood flow to the area
Pathogenesis - answerpattern of tissue changes that give rise to a disease, which
causes microscopic changes in the cell
Histology - answerchanges in the histology of cells, aids in the diagnosis
Diagnosis - answercollecting signs and symptoms to make an outcome and a list of
possible causes
Risk (predisposing) factor - answermay contribute to a disease process (genetics,
environment)
Precipitating factors - answerconditions or events that led to pathogenesis
Physiological adaptation - answernormal for the cell to adapt
Pathologic adaptation - answerresponse to adverse conditions as a temporary solution
to stress
Atrophy - answerdecrease in size of cells
Physiologic atrophy - answerthymus gland decreasing during childhood
Pathologic atrophy - answercan occur because of disuse, ischemia, or denervation
Disuse atrophy - answeroccurs with prolonged immobility (bed side patients, casts)
Ischemia/Inadequate nutrition atrophy - answerdecreased blood flow causing a
decrease in cell size (potentially reversible)
Denervation atrophy - answerloss of nerve stimulation resulting in the decrease in cell
size
only atrophy that is IRREVERSIBLE
Hypertrophy - answerincrease in cell size
