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Chapter 5
Cancer
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Allogenic | Transplant from unrelated person |
| Anaplasia | loss of differentiation |
| Anaplastic | very poorly differentiated cells |
| Autologous | cells from the same person |
| Carcinogen | cancer causing agent |
| Carcinoma in situ | cancer remains in place |
| Dysplasia | abnormal growth of cells |
| En bloc | removal of tumor and surrounding tissue |
| Epithelial | tissue lining body surfaces |
| Erythema | red skin |
| Hyperplasia | excessive growth of cells |
| Leukopenia | abnormal decrease in white blood cells |
| Leukoplakia | white patches in the mouth |
| Mesothelioma | Cancer of the mesothelium |
| Metastasize | spread to other parts of the body |
| Palliative | relieves pain, not curative |
| Radioisotope | x-ray machine or radioactive form of an element |
| Reed-sternberg | unusual giant cell |
| Sarcomas | malignant connective tissue tumor |
| Syngeneic | from a sibling or parent |