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MedCon 3
The following activity is for the "key terms" in chapter 3 of your textbook.
Question | Answer |
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Anaplastic | abnormal tissue, the more undifferentiated tissue |
Angiogenesis | new growth of blood vessels |
Benign | having limited growth, noncancerous |
Biopsy | removing a small piece of tissue for microscopic examination |
Cachexia | a term used to describe any individual who has an ill, thin, wasted appearance |
Carcinogen | cancer causing agent or substance |
Carcinogenesis | cancer development |
Carcinoma | the most common type of malignant neoplasm arising from epithelial tissue |
Carcinoma in situ | atypical cells residing in the epithelial layer of tissue, not having broken through the basement membrane and invading other local tissues |
Chemotherapy | using pharmacologic therapy in the treatment of cancer |
Curative | something that corrects or cures the disease or condition |
Cytology | the examination or study of cells |
Differentiation | the process of individual specialization of cells |
Dysplasia | an alteration in size, shape, and organization of cells |
Frozen section | a technique that enables a pathologist to make a rapid determination of a tumor condition, either malignant or benign |
Grading | determining the degree of differentiation of cells through microscopic examination |
Hematoma | a large tumor or swelling filled with blood; also called a bruise or contusion |
Hyperplasia(s) | an increase in cell number; overgrowth in response to some type of stimulus |
Invasion | spreading into surrounding or local tissue |
Leukemia | a progressive overgrowth of abnormal leukocytes; a malignant disease of the bone marrow |
Lymphomas | malignant neoplasms of blood forming organs |
Malignant | deadly or progressing to death; cancerous |
Metaplasia | a cellular adaptation in which the cell changes to another type of cell |
Metastasis | spreading to distant sites |
Neoplasm(s) | an increase in cell number, leading to an increase in tissue size; commonly called tumors |
Palliative | something that is directed toward relief of symptoms but does not cure |
Pap test | also called Papanicolaou test; a screening for cancer using and examining the cells scraped from the cervical area |
Preventative | something that reduces risk |
Radiation | the process of using light, short waves, ultraviolet or X rays, or any other rays |
Sarcoma | a malignant neoplasm arising from connective tissue |
Staging | determining the degree of spread of a malignant tumor |
Tumor | “swelling” or growth, originally used in the description of the swelling related to inflammation |