Terms
Asymptomatic
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Presenting no symptoms of disease.
Etiology
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All of the causes of a disease or abnormal condition
Urogenital
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Of, relating to, or being the organs or functions of excretion and reproduction. Orogenital
is of, relating to, or being the organs of the mouth and the organs of functions of
excretion and reproduction.
Epithelium
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A membranous cellular tissue that covers a free surface or lines atube or cavity of an
animal body and serves especially to enclose and protect the other parts of the body, to
produce secretions and excretions, and to function in assimilation
Mucous membrane
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A membrane rich in mucous glands; specifically one that lines body passages and cavities
which communicate directly or indirectly with the exterior
Urethra
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The canal that in most mammals carries off the urine from the bladder in the male serves
also as a genital duct
Lymphocyte
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Any of the colorless weakly motile cells originating from stem cells and differentiating in
lymphoid tissue (as of the thymus or bone marrow) that are the typical cellular elements of
lymph, include the cellular mediators of immunity, and constitute 20 to 30 percent of the
white blood cells of normal human blood. Lymphadenopathy refers to an abnormality in the
lymph tissue called lymph nodes.
Cervix
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The narrow outer end of the uterus. The endocervical canal is the space that follows into
the uterus.
Labium
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Any of the folds at the margin of the vulva
Vulva
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The external parts of the female genital organs
Hepatitis
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Inflammation of the liver
Lesion
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An abnormal change in structure of an organ or part due to injury or disease; especially one
that is circumscribed and well defined
Meningitis
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Inflammation of the meninges and especially of the pia mater and the arachnoid
Incubation period
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The period between the infection of an individual by a pathogen and the manifestation of the
disease it causes
Ulcer
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A break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis
of epithelial tissue, and often pus.
Anemia
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A condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, in hemoglobin, or in total
volume
Antibiotic
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A substance produced by or a semisynthetic substance derived from a microorganism and able
in dilute solution to inhibit or kill another microorganism
Intracellular
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Existing, occurring, or functioning within a cell
Parasite -
An organism living in, with, or on another organism in parasitism
DNA
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Any of various nucleic acids that are usually the molecular basis of heredity, are localized
especially in cell nuclei, and are constructed of a double helix held together by hydrogen
bonds between purine and pyrimidine bases which project inward from two chains containing
alternate links of deoxyribose and phosphate
Liver
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A large very vascular glandular organ of vertebrates that secretes bile and causes important
changes in many of the substances contained in the blood (as by converting sugars into
glycogen which it stores up until required and by forming urea)
Dorsal Nerves - Branches of the spinal nerves that pass dorsally to innervate structures or areas near the vertebral column. Also called dorsal rami.
Scrotum - The external pouch that in most mammals contains the testes
Disseminate
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To disperse throughout
Antigen
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A usually protein or carbohydrate substance (as a toxin or enzyme) capable of stimulating an
immune response
Serologic
Serology
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A science dealing with serums (blood) and especially their reactions and properties
Seroprevalence
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The percentage of a population that is affected with a particular disease, detectable by
blood test, at a given time
Virion
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A complete virus particle that consists of an RNA or DNA core with a protein coat sometimes
with external envelopes and that is the extracellular infective form of a virus
Macrophage
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A phagocytic tissue cell of the reticuloendothelial system that may be fixed or freely
motile, is derived from a monocyte, and functions in the protection of the body against
infection and noxious substances--called also histiocyte
Dendritic
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Resembling or having dendrites; branching like a tree
Antibody
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Any of a large number of proteins of high molecular weight that are produced normally by
specialized B cells after stimulation by an antigen and act specifically against the antigen
in an immune response, that are produced abnormally by some cancer cells, and that typically
consist off our subunits including two heavy chains and two light chains--called also
immunoglobulin
Squamous
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Of, relating to, or being a stratified epithelium that consists at least in
its outer layers of small scalelike cells
Glandular
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Of, relating to, or involving glands, gland cells, or their products
Ectropion
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Eversion of an edge or margin, as in the squamocolumnar junction of the endocervical canal
Basal
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Relating to, situated at, or forming the base
Benign
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Of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life
Malignant
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Tending to infiltrate, metastasize, and terminate fatally
Pap smear
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A method for the early detection of uterine cancer that involves the staining of exfoliated
cells using a special technique that differentiates diseased tissue--also called
Papanicolaou smear, Papanicolaou test, Pap test
