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| A waxy substance that forms in a dead body after prolonged immersion. |
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| Concerned with the gross and microscopic chances brought about in living human tissues by disease. |
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| Not malignant or recurrent. |
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| A malignant tumor arising from epithelial cells. |
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| Refers to the laboratory examination of bodily fluids and waste products such as blood, spinal fluid, urine, and feces. |
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| Study of cells that have been detached from a surface for microscopic study, such as a Pap smear. |
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| A fluid used to arrest the process of decomposition that begins almost at once in devitalized tissue, to kill bacteria and fungi in or on the specimen, and to begin hardening the tissue to facilitate preparation for microscopic study. |
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| Involves the application of clinical and anatomical pathology to certain issues in civil and criminal law. |
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| The pathologist's findings after examining a specimen with the naked eye. |
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| Hematoxylin and eosin, the most commonly used stain for microscopic analysis. |
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| The division of anatomy concerned with the microscopic study of tissues. |
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| A purplish discoloration of the skin due to engorgement of capillaries that occurs shortly after death. |
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| Tending to become worse; having the properties of anaplasia, invasion, and metastasis. Carcinoma is an example of malignancy. |
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| The spread of disease, especially malignant disease, to other sites in the body. |
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| The pathologist's findings upon examination of a specimen under the microscope. |
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| Stiffening of the muscles that comes on within a few hours after death and passes off after another few hours. |
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| BELLY BUTTON, NAVEL (LAY) |
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| The most commonly used fixative. It is a 10% aqueous solution made by bubbling gas through water. It is also known as formaldehyde. |
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| Placement of a suture at a certain place in the specimen to note orientation. |
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| Sections of tissue samples taken in a certain order (i.e. every 10th slice) to provide a 3-D concept of the tissue. |
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| A substance applied sometimes to render a tissue chemically more receptive to staining. |
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| A substance used to remove stain from all parts of the tissue to which it did not chemically bind. |
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| A stain of contrasting color that decolorized tissues typically take up. |
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| A mixture of two or more coloring agents in one solution. Different tissues uptake different colors out of the one solution. |
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| A stain that changes colors on becoming chemically bound to certain tissues. |
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| The examination of a body after death, consisting of detailed visual observances of external body tissues and internal organs, and microscopic analyses of the internal organs and structures following tissue dissection. AKA postmortem examination, necropsy, "post". |
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| A sample of tissue removed from a living patient and submitted for pathologic examination. |
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| A cylindrical instrument used to obtain a plug of tissue for examination. |
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| The surgical removal of an entire tumor, lesion, or diseased organ from a patient. |
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| A technique used to remove cells by suction from certain structures such as the prostate, subcutaneous lymph nodes and other neck masses, and breast masses. |
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| Refers to the surgical removal of part of a tumor, lesion, or diseased organ for pathologic study. |
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| A needle is passed through the skin directly into the organ to be studied, and an inner cutting needle slices and removes a core of tissue. |
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| A thin layer of skin consisting mostly or entirely of epidermis is removed with a blade held approximately parallel to the surface. |
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| The study of specimens with an electron microscope. |
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| Specimen that is quick-frozen so that it can be examined under the microscope. |
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| Prepared, stained, and fixed specimen that is ready for microscopic examination. |
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| Material spread thinly over a microscope slide. |
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