Vocab
Vocabulary
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V1
100

Decreased oxygen/blood supply to tissues

What is Ischemia?

100

Low oxygen level in tissue

What is Hypoxia?

100

Replacing one mature cell with another type of cell

What is Metaplasia?

100

Increase in cell size

What is Hypertrophy?

100

Increased/Above normal 

What is Hyper?

200

Programmed (planned) cell death

What is apoptosis?

200

Physical traits

What is Phenotype?

200

Complete set of genetic material

What is Genotype?

200

High body temperature

What is Hyperthermia?

200

Disease

What is Patho?

300

Cell death due to irreversible damage

What is Necrosis?

300

New cell growth

What is Neoplasia?

300

Physical body processes (not “mind”)

What is Physiological?

300

Spread of cancer cells

What is Metastasized? 

300

Abnormal/difficult/impaired

What is Dys?

400

Area of necrotic tissue invaded by bacteria

What is Gangrene?

400

Tissue death caused by lack of oxygen/blood flow

What is Infarction?

400

Increase in cell number

What is Hyperplasia?

400

Mind/mental processes

What is Psychological?

400
Without

What is An?

500

Change in size, shape, and reproduction of cells

What is Dysphasia?

500

Undifferentiated cell, have variable cell structures and many miotic figures

What is Anaplasia?

500

Decrease in cell size

What is Atrophy?

500

Inflammation(suffix)

What is -itis?

500

Decreased/below normal

What is Hypo?

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