Pathology terms
Disease processes, from inflammation and necrosis to tumours and how they spread. 85 words, each with its meaning and an example.
- Adenoma
- Adenomyosis
- Aneurysm
- Ankylosis
- Aplasia
- Atrophy
- Axonotmesis
- Benign
- Botulism
- Cancer
- Carcinoma
- Chordoma
- Cirrhosis
- Cyst
- Cystic
- Degeneration
- Diverticulum
- Dysplasia
- Dystrophy
- Embolus
- Enchondroma
- Enostosis
- Enthesitis
- Exostosis
- Fibroma
- Fibrosarcoma
- Fungal
- Glioma
- Granuloma
- Haemangioma
- Haemorrhage
- Hydatid
- Hyperplasia
- Hypertrophy
- Infarction
- Inflammation
- Leiomyoma
- Leukemia
- Lipoma
- Lymphoma
- Melanoma
- Meningioma
- Mesothelioma
- Metastasis
- Myasthenia
- Myeloma
- Myelopathy
- Myopathy
- Myositis
- Myotonia
- Neurofibroma
- Neuropathy
- Neurotmesis
- Nidus
- Ossification
- Osteoma
- Osteomalacia
- Osteopenia
- Osteosarcoma
- Pathogen
- Plasmacytoma
- Salpingitis
- Sarcoma
- Sarcopenia
- Scar
- Schwannoma
- Sclerosis
- Shock
- Staghorn
- Stenosis
- Swelling
- Synuclein
- Syrinx
- Tabes
- Tendinosis
- Teratoma
- Thrombosis
- Thrombus
- Tophus
- Toxin
- Tumour
- Ulcer
- Unicameral
- Vasculitis
- Virus
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