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TERM WEEK3 MOD3520
Question | Answer |
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LYPHADENITIS | SWOLLEN GLANDS, AN INFLAMMATION OF THE LYMPH NODES |
CERVICITIS | AN INLAMMATION OF THE CERVIX |
CARCINOMA | A MALIGNANT TUMOR THAT OCCURS IN EPITHELIAL TISSUE |
IMMMUNOLOGY | STUDY OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM |
ADENOIDECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF AN ADENOIDS |
SPLENITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE SPLEEN |
ANTIVIRAL | MEDICATION USED TO TREAT VIRAL INFECTIONS OR TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY IMMUNITY |
BLASTOCYTE | IMMATURE CELL |
ONCOLOGY | STUDY OF MALIGNANT NEOPLASM |
MACROPHAGE | A PHAGOCYTE THAT PRTECTS THE BODY BY ENGULFING OR SURROUNDING CELLS |
HEMOLYTIC | REMOVES AND DESTROYS WORN OUT RED BLOOD CELLS AND LIBERATES HEMOGLOBIN |
THYMITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE THYMUS GLAND |
SARCOMA | A MALIGNANT TUMOR THAT ARISES FROM THE CONNECTIVE TISSUES |
SPLENORRHAGIA | BLEEDING FROM THE SPLEEN |
STREPTOCOCCI | BACTERIA THAT FORM A CHAIN |
VIRAL | PERTAINING TO A VIRUS |
IMMUNOLOGIST | SPECIALIZES IN DIAGNOSIS AND TREATING DISORDERS OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM |
INGUINAL | PERTAINING TO THE GROIN AREA |
LYMPHEDEMA | SWELLING DUE TO AN ABNORMAL AMOUNT OF FLUID RETENTION IN THE TISSUES |
TELETHERAPY | RADIATION THERAPY ADMINISTERED AT A DISTANCE FROM THE BODY |
ANTIBACTERIAL | FIGHT AGAINST BACTERIA |
CYTOXIC | PERTAINING TO POISON BLOOD CELLS |
ADENITIS | INFLAMMATION OF A GLAND |
NEOPLASM | A TUMOR, A NEW AND ABNORMAL TISSUE FORMATION THAT MAY BE BENIGN OR MALIGNANT TUMOR |
THYMOMA | A BENIGN TUMOR ORIGINATING IN THE THYMUS |