A&P clinical meanings
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- Aneurysm
- swelling in artery wall with a risk for rupture
- Angiogram
- Technique for diagnosing coronary arter occlusion& heart attack
- Diuretic
- Chemical promoting urine formation,reducing blood volume
- Phlebitis
- Inflammation of a vein
- Phlibotomy
- venous incision for withdrawing blood
- Sclerotherapy
- Procedure for removing varicuse or spider veins
- Thrombophlebitis
- Intervascular clotting initiated by a roughening of a venous lining
- Elephantiasis
- tropical disease, the lymphatics to become clogged with parasitic roundworms
- Hodgkin's Disease
- Malignancy of the lymph nodes
- Lymphadenopathy
- any disease of the lymph nodes
- Lymphoma
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Tumor of the lympiod tissue.
benign or malignant - Mononucleosis
- viral disease known as kissing disease
- Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
- all cancers of lymphiod tissues except Hodgkin's disease
- Sentinel node
- first node that recieves lymph drainage from a body area suspected of being cancerous
- Splenomegaly
- Enlargment of the spleen
- Tonsillitis
- Inflammation or congestion of the tonsils
- Lymphangiography
- lymphatic vessels are injected wiht diopaque dye
- Congenital thymic aplasia
- Immune deficiency disease in which the thymus fails to develop
- Eczema
- Hypersensitivity response that results in weeping skin lesions and intense itching
- Hashinoto's thyroiditis
- Autoimmune disease caused by a cell-mediated attackon the thyroid gland.
- Immunization
- vaccination or injection of antiserum
- Immunology
- the study of immunity
- Immunopathology
- Disease of the immune system
- Septic shock (septis)
- Inflammatory response goes out of control (severe bacterial infection)
- Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
- A systemic autoimmune disorder that occurs mainly in young females.