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PATHOLOGY
PATHOLOGY CHAPTER 4
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Dentistry
Undergraduate 1
02/28/2014

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Term
GRANULOMA
Definition
•A TUMOR-LIKE MASS OF INFLAMMATORY TISSUE
•CONSISTS OF A CENTRAL COLLECTION OF MACROPHAGES, OFTEN INCLUDING MULTINUCLEATED GIANT CELLS, SURROUNDED BY LYPHOCYTES
Term
GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE
Definition
•DISEASE CHARACTERIZED BY THE FORMATION OF GRANULOMAS
Term
HERPETIC WHITLOW
Definition
•AN INFECTION CAUSED BY HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS INFECTION THAT INVOLVES THE DISTAL PHALANX OF A FINGER (END SEGMENT OF EACH FINGER)
Term
INCUBATION PERIOD
Definition
•PERIOD BETWEEN THE INFECTION OF AN INDIVIDUAL BY A PATHOGEN AND THE MANIFESTATION (FIRST SIGN) OF THE DISEASE IT CAUSES
Term
MALAISE
Definition
•A VAGUE, INDEFINITE FEELING OF DISCOMFORT, DEBILITATION, OR LACK HEALTH
Term
OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION
Definition
•DISEASE CAUSED BY A MICROORGANISM THAT DOES NOT USUALLY CAUSE DISEASE BUT BECOMES PATHOGENIC UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS
Term
PARESTHESIA
Definition
•AN ABNORMAL SENSATION SUCH AS BURNING, PRICKLING, OR TINGLING
Term
PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM
Definition
•MICROORGANISM THAT CAUSES DISEASE
Term
SUBCLINICAL INFECTION
Definition
•AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOT DETECTABLE BY THE USUAL CLINICAL SIGNS
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