Necropsy Terms

Having rapid onset, short term, pronounced symptoms

Effusion and accumulation of serous fluid in the abdominal cavity

A wasting away; a diminution in the size of a cell, tissue, organ or part

Marked by atrophy; shrunken

1. The spontaneous disintegration of tissues or of cells by the action of their own autogenous enzymes, such as occurs after death and in some pathological conditions 2. The destruction of cells of the body by its own serum

Resembling cheese or curd

Directed toward the tail; opposite to craniad or cephalad

1. Pertaining to a cauda (tail), 2. Denoting a position more toward the cauda, or tail, than some specified point or reference; same as inferior, in human anatomy

1. To make or become stony or chalky by deposition of calcium salts, 2. To make or become inflexible or unchanging

Long-continued, long-term, of long duration, persistent

Inflammation of the colon

Abnormal accumulation of fluid within the vessels of an organ or part, usually blood but occasionally bile or mucous

Large in quantity or number; having or yielding an abundant supply

A yellow, progesterone-secreting mass of cells that forms from an ovarian follicle after the release of a mature egg

In a cranial direction; toward the anterior (in animals) or superior (in humans) end of the body