Ch. 2-4
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| cancerous | pertaining to cancer
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| carcinogen | substance that causes cancer
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| carcinogenic | producing cancer
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| cyanosis | abnormal condition of blue (bluish discoloration of the skin caused by inadequate supply of oxygen in the blood)
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| diagnosis | state of complete knowledge (identifying a disease)
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| etiology | study of causes (of disease)
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| iatrogenic | produced by a physician (the unexpected results from a treatment prescribed by a physician)
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| iatrology | study of medicine
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| metastasis (mets) (pl. metastases) | beyond control (spread of disease from one organ to another, as in the transfer of malignant tumors)
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| neopathy | new disease
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| oncogenic | causing tumors
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| oncologist | study of tumors (a branch of medicine concerned with the study of malignant tumors)
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| organic | pertaining to an organ
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| organoid | resembling an organ
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| pathogenic | producing disease
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| pathologist | a physician who studies disease (examines biopsies and performs autopsies to determine the cause of disease/death)
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| pathology | study of disease (a branch of medicine dealing with the study of the causes of disease/death)
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| prognosis | state of before knowledge (prediction of the outcome of disease)
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| xanthochromic | pertaining to yellow color
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| xanthosis | abnormal condition of yellow (discoloration)
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| CA | carcinoma
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| chemo | chemotherapy
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| Dx | diagnosis
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| mets | metastasis
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| Px | prognosis
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| RBC | red blood cell
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| XRT | radiation therapy
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| WBC | white blood cell
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| CXR | chest x-ray
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| PCXR | portable chest x-ray
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| anter/o | front (CF)
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| caud/o | tail (downward) (CF)
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| cephal/o | head (upward) (CF)
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| dist/o | away (from the point of attachment to the body) (CF)
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| dors/o | back (CF)
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| infer/o | below (CF)
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| later/o | side (CF)
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| medi/o | middle (CF)
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| poster/o | back, behind (CF)
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| proxim/o | near (to the point of attachment of a body part) (CF)
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| super/o | above (CF)
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| ventr/o | belly (CF)
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| bi- | two (prefix)
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| uni- | one (prefix)
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| -ad | toward (suffix)
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| -ior | pertaining to (suffix)
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| caudad | toward the tail (downward)
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| cephalad | toward the head (upward)
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| lateral (lat) | pertaining to a side
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| medial (med) | pertaining to the middle
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| unilateral | pertaining to one side (only)
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| bilateral | pertaining to two sides
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| mediolateral | pertaining to the middle and to the side
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| distal | pertaining to away (from the point of attachment of a body part)
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| proximal | pertaining to near (to the point of attachment of a body part)
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| inferior (inf) | pertaining to below
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| superior (sup) | pertaining to above
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| caudal | pertaining to the tail (similar to inferior in most instances related to human anatomy)
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| cephalic | pertaining to the head
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| anterior (ant) | pertaining to the front
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| posterior | pertaining to the back
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| dorsal | pertaining to the back
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| ventral | pertaining to the belly (front)
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| anteroposterior (AP) | pertaining to the front and to the back
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| posteroanterior (PA) | pertaining to the back and to the front
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| frontal (coronal) | Vertical field passing through the body from side to side, dividing the body into [anterior and posterior] portions
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| midsagittal | vertical field running through the body from front to back at the midline, dividing the body equally into [right and left] halves
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| parasagittal | vertical field running through the body from front to back at the midline, dividing the body into [unequal right and left] halves
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| sagittal | vertical field running through the body from front to back, dividing the body into right and left sides (any plane parallel to the midsagittal plane)
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| transverse | horizontal field dividing the body into superior and inferior portions
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| umbilical region | around the navel
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| lumbar regions | to the right and left of the umbilical region, near the waist
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| epigastric region | superior to the umbilical region, generally above the stomach
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| hypochondriac regions | to the right and left of the epigastric region
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| hypogastric region | inferior to the umbilical region
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| iliac regions | to the right and left of the hypogastric region, near the groin
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