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med. term. unit 5
medical Terminology unit 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Oncologist | cancer specialist |
| Oncology | Study of tumors |
| Malignant | evil |
| Benign | Good |
| Invasive | Spread into surrounding organs |
| Metastasize | travel to other areas of the body to form new tumors |
| Carcinoma | common form of cancer, this type develops from epithelia |
| Epithelia | sheets of cells that cover a surface |
| Sarcoma | rarer form that arises from connective and supportive tissues |
| Biopsies | tissue samples |
| Lymphatics | drainage channels for cell fluids other than blood |
| Prognosis | Predict the progress and outcome of the disease |
| Negative nodes | not involved lymph nodes (better Prognosis) |
| Positive nodes | has invaded lymphatics |
| Carcinogens | cancer causing agents |
| Tumor Markers | Substance that are produced by tumors or the body's response to presence of a tumor |
| Radiosensitive | cancer degenerates in response to radiation |
| Radioresistant | cancer slow to respond or may not respond at all |
| Fractionation | Repeated low does that allow a higher total dose |
| Chemotherapeutic Agents | Kill or stop development of rapidly dividing cells |
| Myelosuppression | reduction of bone marrow blood cell replacement |
| Chemotherapy | cause the cancer to "disappear" for awhile although not cured |
| In remission | holding the cancer in check |
| Relapse | many cancers recur |
| Angiogenesis inhibitor | blood vessel growing |
| Adjuvant therapy | Additional treatments after surgery |
| Cryosurgery | destroying malignant tissue by freezing it with a cold probe |
| Fluguration | Lighting in latin. malignant tissue destroyed with an electrocautery instrument |
| Excisional biopsy | removal of tumor and a safe margin of normal tissue. |
| En bloc resection | removal of tumor and large amount of surrounding tissue including positive lymph nodes. |
| dys | abnormal, difficult, painful |
| dysarthria | difficulty articulating speech |
| dysentery | bad bowels in latin. watery. bloody diarrhea may be signs of a parasitic infection |
| dysgenesis | defective development of an anatomic structure |
| dyslexia | inability to read with understanding |
| dysmenorrhea | painful menstruation |
| dyspareunia | badly mated in greek painful intercourse |
| dyspepsia | fancy word for indigestion |
| dysuria | painful urination |
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