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Introduction to the Human Body

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differentiate   cells during their development start to specialized  
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poorly differerentiated cells   means that tissue cells has failed to differentiate or specialized,characteristic of cancer cells  
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stem cells   are relatively whose only function is to produce additional unspecialized cells  
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tumor   cell growth becomes uncontrolled and disorganized  
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benign   classification of tumor - noncancerous  
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maligmant   classification of tumor - cancerous  
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metastasis   spreading of cancer cells  
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atrophy   disorder of cellular growth - a decrease in the size of the cells, leading to a wasting away of tissues and organs  
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dysplasia   disorder of cellular growth - abnormal growth. alteration in cell size, shape, and organization these alterations can result in cancer  
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hyperplasia   overgroth of increase in the number of cells, result could be increase in size of tissues and organs  
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metaplasia   transformation of one cell type into another  
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necrosis   death of cells or groups of cells  
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neoplasm   abnormal new growth, also called a tumor, could be either benign or malignant  
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