| A | B |
|---|
| Autopsy | seeing with one’s own eyes; examination of a human’s body after death |
| Biopsy | surgical removal of lesions within organs and tissues primarily for the purpose of examination |
| Differential Diagnosis | list of possible diseases possessing the same or similar symptoms |
| Etiology | cause of disease |
| Necropsy | to view death;examination of an animal’s body after death |
| Sequela | condition following as a consequence of a disease |
| DAMN IT | acronym used to think of possible etiologies |
| Pathogenesis | mechanisms in the development of disease; sequence of events |
| Ascites | fluid accumulation in the abdomen |
| Asymptomatic | without symptoms |
| Bradycardia | slow heart rate |
| Cardiac afterload | blood remaining in the chamber during diastole |
| Cardiomegaly | enlarged heart |
| Cardiomyopathy | disease of the heart muscle |
| Catecholamines | neurotransmitters epinephrine, norepinephrine, and dopamine |
| Contractility | effectiveness/strength of cardiac muscle contraction |
| Echocardiogram | cardiac ultrasound |
| Electrocardiogram | evaluates the electrical activity of the heart |
| Heart murmur | abnormal heart sound cause by abnormal blood flow or turbulence; not an illness or disease but potentially a sign of heart disease |
| Hepatomegaly | enlarged liver |
| Hypertension | high blood pressure |
| Hypertrophic | increase in cell size; thickened heart muscle wall |
| Hyphema | free blood within the eye, specifically the anterior chamber |
| Hypocalcemia | low blood calcium level |
| Hypokalemia | low blood potassium level |
| Ischemia | loss of blood supply |
| Myocardium | heart muscle |
| Pleural effusion | fluid accumulation between the lungs and chest wall (in the pleura) |
| Pulmonary edema | fluid accumulation within the lungs |
| Selective angiography | radiographic procedure that allows selective visualization of the aorta using a radiopaque contrast media (dye) |
| Syncope | fainting; a sudden/brief lack of cardiac output resulting in lack of oxygen to the brain producing unconsciousness |
| Tachycardia | high heart rate |
| Tachypnea | increased respiratory rate |
| Thromboembolism | blood clot within a vessel |
| Endemic | common; characteristic of a local area |
| Endothelium | cells lining the inside of blood vessels |
| Microfilaria | also known as L1s; life stage found in the circulating blood |
| Dirofilaria immitus | nematode that causes heartworm disease |
| Caval syndrome | class 4 HWD due to severe worm burden > 100 |
| Acanthocheilonema (Dipetalonema ) reconditum | Non-pathological microfilaria transmitted by fleas |
| Knott’s test | microfilaria concentration test |
| Wohlbachia | rickettsial organism carried by adult HW |
| Ataxia | lack of muscle coordination; stumbling, staggering gait |
| Dyspnea | difficulty breathing |
| Keratitis | inflammation of cornea |
| Thoracocentesis | removal of fluid or air from the thoracic cavity |
| Tracheobronchitis | inflammation of the trachea and bronchi |
| Arrhythmia | variation from the normal rhythm of the heartbeat |
| Bordetella brontiseptica | common causitive bacteria of canine infectious tracheobronchitis |
