Lecture 1

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What is the meaning of pathology?
logos: study of. pathos: suffering. pathology: the study of disease (suffering)
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What are the historical phases of pathology?
(3) "Morbid anatomy, Cellular/histopathology, Molecular pathology"
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Who were the leading contributors to histopathology/cellular pathology?
"Louis Pasteur, Rudolf Virchow"
4.
What type of specialist studies tissue from a biopsy?
Anatomical pathologist
5.
What does General Pathology study?
Mechanisms of disease
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What is aetiology?
The cause of disease
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What is pathogenesis?
The development of disease
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9.
Define the prefix: dys-
disordered
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Define the prefix: hyper-
an excess over normal
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Define the prefix: meta-
A change of state
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Define the prefix: neo-
new
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Define the suffix: -aemia
Relating to blood
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Define the suffix: -cytosis
An increased number of cells
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Define the suffix: -itis
An inflammatory process
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Define the suffix: -oid
A resemblence to something
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Define the suffix: -oma
A swelling or growth
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Define the suffix: -opathy
A diseased state
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Define the suffix: -osis
A state or condition
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Define the suffix: -penia
A lack of something
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Define the suffix: -plasia
A disorder or growth