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haney medterm c21-11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Substance added to a prescription to assist in the action of the main ingredient | adjuvant |
| A change in the structure and orientation of cells characterized by a loss of specialization and reversion to a more primitive form | anaplasia |
| Malignant neoplasm | carcinoma |
| Substance or agent that causes the development or incre4ases the incidence of cancer | carcinogen |
| Use of a chemical agents to destroy cancer cells on a selective basis | chemotherapy |
| enclosed in fibrous or membranous sheaths | encapsulated |
| Possessing the ability to invade or penetrate adjacent tissue | infiltrative |
| Characterized by a tendency to spread, infiltrate, and intrude | invasive |
| usually encapsulated | benign tumor |
| neoplasm that can invade surrounding tissue and can metastasize to distant sites | malignant tumor |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| aden/o | gland |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| -oma | tumor |
| oste/o | bone |
| sarc/o | connective tissue |
| radi/o | radiation |
| scirrh/o | hard |
| cry/o | cold |
| papill/o | resembling a nipple |
| ana- | not, without |
| epi- | on, upon |
| -plasia | formation or development |
| meta- | beyond, after |
| -plasm | living substance |