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med term test #2
eng 108 test #2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ADENO | GLAND |
| ADENITIS | INFLAMMATION OF GLAND |
| ADENOMA | TUMOR IN GLAND |
| ADENOPATHY | ANY DISEASE OF GLAND |
| NEO | NEW |
| NEOPLASM | ABNORMAL NEW GROWTH (TUMOR) |
| ANTINEOPLASTIC | AGENTS THAT FIGHT AGAINST TUMOR GROWTH |
| ENCEPHALO | BRAIN (INSIDE THE HEAD) |
| ENCEPHALOMALACIA | SOFTENING OF THE BRAIN |
| ENCEPHALITIS | INFLAMMATION OF BRAIN |
| HYPER | ABOVE, ABNORMALLY HIGH, INCREASED |
| HYPERTENSION | HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE |
| HYPERTROPHY | OVERDEVELOPED, ENLARGED |
| HYPO | BELOW, ABNORMALLY LOW, DECREASED |
| HYPOTENSION | LOW BLOOD PRESSURE |
| HYPOTROPHY | UNDERDEVELOPED, LOSS OF SIZE |
| MAL | BAD |
| MALIGNANT | BAD WORSENING, LEADING TO DEATH |
| LIPO | FAT |
| LIPOID | COMPOSED OF FAT |
| LIPOMA | TUMOR MADE OF FAT TISSUE |
| CEREBRO | CEREBRUM (BRAIN) |
| CEREBRAL | ADJECTIVE FOR CEREBRUM |
| CEREBROSPINAL | PERTAINING TO BRAIN (CEREBRUM) AND SPINAL CORD |
| CEREBROVASCULAR | PERTAINING TO BRAIN (CEREBRUM) AND BLOOD VESSELS |
| CRANIO | SKULL |
| CRANIECTOMY | CUT OUT OF SKULL |
| CRANIOMALACIA | SOFTENING OF SKULL |
| CRANIOTOMY | INCISION, CUT IN SKULL |
| ONCO | TUMORS CANCER |
| ONCOLOGIST | SPECIALIST IN TUMORS AND CANCER |
| ONCOLOGY | STUDY OF TUMORS AND CANCER |
| META | PREFIX FOR BEYOND |
| METASTASIS | TUMOR OR CONDITION THAT SPREADS BEYOND ITS ORIGIN |
| METASTASIZE | ACTION OF BECOMING METASTASIS |
| METASTATIC | ADJECTIVE OF METASTASES |
| MENINGO | MENINGES (MEMBRANE) |
| MENINGITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE MENINGES (MEMBRANE)` |
| MENINGOCELE | HERNIATION OF THE MENINGES (MEMBRANE) |
| MELANOCYTE | PIGMENTED CELL |
| MELANOCARCINOMA | CANCER ORIGINATING FROM MELANOCYTES |
| MELANOMA | MELIGNANT MELANOCYTE TUMOR |
| ATHERO | FATTY OR PORRIDGE LIKE FAT |
| ATHEROMA | TUMOR COMPOSED OF FAT IN THE BLOOD VESSELS |
| ARTHEROSCLEROSIS | HARDENING OF THE BLOOD VESSELS CAUSED BY FAT |
| CARCINO | CANCER |
| CARCINOMA | CANCEROUS TUMOR |
| CARCINOGENIC | PERTAINING TO CANCER DEVELOPMENT |
| CEPHALALGIA | HEADACHE, PAIN IN CEPHAL |
| CEPHALO | HEAD |
| CEPHALIC | PERTAINING TO HEAD |