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Med Term (KUH)
Complementary Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| benign | not malignant, nonrecurrent, favorable for recovery |
| carcinoma in situ | cancer in the early stage before invading surrounding tissue |
| chemotherapy (chemo) | treatment of cancer with drugs |
| encapsulated | enclosed in a capsule, as with benign tumors |
| exacerbation | increase in the severity of a disease or its symptoms |
| idiopathic | pertaining to disease of unknown origin |
| inflammation | response to injury or destruction of tissue characterized by redness, swelling, heat, and pain |
| in vitoo | within a glass, observable within a test tube |
| in vivo | within the living body |
| malignant | tending to become progressively worse and to cause death, as in cancer |
| radiation therapy (XRT) | treatment of cancer with a radioactive substance, x-ray, or radiation |
| remission | improvement or absence of signs of disease |