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, Etiology Cause of particular disease on microscopic level
Pathogenesis Story of how disease develops
Atrophy Decrease in the size of the cells, results in reduced tissue mass
Hypertrophy Increase in cell size, results in enlarged tissue mass
Hyperplasia Increased number of cells, results in enlarged tissue mass
Metaplasia Mature cell type is replaced by a different mature cell type, Ex: chronic smokers,
cells lose cilia
Dysplasia Cells are different looking varying in size and shape
Neoplasia New growth, commonly a tumor. May be malignant or benign
Apoptosis Programmed cell death, normal occurrence in the body
Ischemia Deficit of oxygen in the cells
Hypoxia Reduced oxygen in the tissues
Iatrogenic illness or disease process because a medical process was done ex: CAUTI