HCC145AA - Ch2 - Vocab - Oncology & Body Structure - Myrna - Rio Salado - AZ
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| adenocarcinoma | cancerous tumor composed of glandular tissue
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| adenoma | tumor composed of glandular tissue (benign)
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| carcinoma | cancerous tumor (malignant)
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| chloroma | tumor of green color (malignant, arizing from myeloid tissue)
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| epithelioma | tumor composed of epithelium
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| fibroma | tumor composed of fiber (fibrous tissue)
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| fibrosarcoma | malignant tumor composed of fiber (fibrous tissue)
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| leiomyoma | tumor of smooth muscle (benign)
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| leiomyosarcoma | malignant tumor of smooth muscle
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| lipoma | tumor composed of fat (benign tumor)
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| melanocarcinoma | cancerious black tumor (malignant)
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| melanoma | black tumor (primarily of the skin)
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| myoma | tumor composed of muscle (benign)
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| neoplasm | new growth (of abnormal tissue or tumor)
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| neuroma | tumor composed of nerve (benign)
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| rhabdomyoma | tumor of striated muscle (benign)
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| rhabdomyosarcoma | malignant tumor of striated muscle
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| sarcoma | tumor composed of connective tissue (bone, cartilage) highly malignant
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| benign | not malignant, norecurrent, favorable for recovery
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| carcinoma in situ | cancer in early stage before invading surrounding tissue
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| liposarcoma | malignant tumor composed of fat
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| chemotherapy (chemo) | treatment of cancer with drugs
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| encapsulated | enclosed in a capsule, as with benign tumors
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| exacerbation | increase in the severity of a disease or its symptoms
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| idiopathic | pertaining to disease of unknown origin
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| inflammation | response to injury or destruction of tissue - redness, swelling, heat, pain
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| in vitro | within a glass, observable within a test tube
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| in vivo | within the living body
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| malignant | tending to become progressively worse and to cause death, as in cancer
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| radiation therapy (XRT) | treatment of cancer with a radioactive substance, x-ray, or radiation
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| cancerous | pertaining to cancer
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| carcinogen | substance that causes cancer
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| carcinogenic | producing cancer
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| cyanosis | Turning blue - inadequate oxygen in blood
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| cytogenic | producing cells
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| cytoid | resembling a cell
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| cytology | study of cells
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| cytoplasm | cell substance
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| diagnosis (Dx) | state of complete knowledge (identifying a disease)
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| dysplasia | abnormal development
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| epithelial | pertaining to epithelium
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| erythrocyte (RBC) | red blood cell
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| erythrocytosis | increase in number of red blood cells
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| etiology | study of causes (of diseases)
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| histology | study of tissue
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| hyperplasia | excessive development
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| hypoplasia | incomplete development (of an organ or tissues)
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| iatrogenic | produced by a physician (unexpected result from treatment prescribed by physician)
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| iatrology | study of medicine
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| karyocyte | cell with a nucleus
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| karyoplasm | substance of a nucleus
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| leukocyte (WBC) | white (blood) cell
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| leukocytosis | increase in the number of white (blood) cells
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| lipoid | resembling fat
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| metastasis/metastases (mets) | beyond control (spreading of disease to other organs - malignant tumors)
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| myopathy | disease of the muscle
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| neopathy | new disease
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| neuroid | resembling a nerve
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| oncogenic | causing tumors
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| oncologist | a physician who studies and treats tumors
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| oncology | study of tumors (study of malignant tumors)
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| pathogenic | producing disease
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| pathologist | a physician who studies diseases
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| pathology | study of disease
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| prognosis (Px) | state of before knowledge (prediction of outcome of disease)
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| somatic | pertaining to the body (organic as opposed to psychologic)
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| somatopathy | disease of the body
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| somatoplasm | body substance
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| Ca | carcinoma
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| chemo | chemotherapy
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| Dx | diagnosis
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| mets | metastasis
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| Px | prognosis
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| RBC | red blood cell
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| RXT | radiation therapy
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| WBC | white blood cell
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| somatogenic | arising from physical causes
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| xanthochromic | of a yellow or golden color
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| xanthosis | yellowing - discoloration
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