medical Terminology unit 5
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| Oncologist | cancer specialist
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| Oncology | Study of tumors
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| Malignant | evil
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| Benign | Good
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| Invasive | Spread into surrounding organs
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| Metastasize | travel to other areas of the body to form new tumors
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| Carcinoma | common form of cancer, this type develops from epithelia
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| Epithelia | sheets of cells that cover a surface
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| Sarcoma | rarer form that arises from connective and supportive tissues
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| Biopsies | tissue samples
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| Lymphatics | drainage channels for cell fluids other than blood
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| Prognosis | Predict the progress and outcome of the disease
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| Negative nodes | not involved lymph nodes (better Prognosis)
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| Positive nodes | has invaded lymphatics
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| Carcinogens | cancer causing agents
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| Tumor Markers | Substance that are produced by tumors or the body's response to presence of a tumor
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| Radiosensitive | cancer degenerates in response to radiation
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| Radioresistant | cancer slow to respond or may not respond at all
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| Fractionation | Repeated low does that allow a higher total dose
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| Chemotherapeutic Agents | Kill or stop development of rapidly dividing cells
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| Myelosuppression | reduction of bone marrow blood cell replacement
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| Chemotherapy | cause the cancer to "disappear" for awhile although not cured
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| In remission | holding the cancer in check
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| Relapse | many cancers recur
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| Angiogenesis inhibitor | blood vessel growing
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| Adjuvant therapy | Additional treatments after surgery
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| Cryosurgery | destroying malignant tissue by freezing it with a cold probe
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| Fluguration | Lighting in latin. malignant tissue destroyed with an electrocautery instrument
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| Excisional biopsy | removal of tumor and a safe margin of normal tissue.
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| En bloc resection | removal of tumor and large amount of surrounding tissue including positive lymph nodes.
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| dys | abnormal, difficult, painful
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| dysarthria | difficulty articulating speech
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| dysentery | bad bowels in latin. watery. bloody diarrhea may be signs of a parasitic infection
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| dysgenesis | defective development of an anatomic structure
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| dyslexia | inability to read with understanding
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| dysmenorrhea | painful menstruation
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| dyspareunia | badly mated in greek painful intercourse
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| dyspepsia | fancy word for indigestion
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| dysuria | painful urination
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