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Medical Terminology > Body Structure, Colors, and Oncology > Flashcards

Body Structure, Colors, and Oncology Flashcards

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aden/o

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gland

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cty/o

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cell

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epitheli/o

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epithelium

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fibr/o

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fiber

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hist/o

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tissue

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kary/o

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nucleus

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lip/o

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fat

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my/o

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muscle

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neur/o

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nerve

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organ/o

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organ

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sarc/o

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flesh, connective tissue

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system/o

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system

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viscer/o

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internal organs

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cancer/o, carcin/o

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cancer

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eti/o

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cause (of diease)

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gno/o

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knowledge

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iatr/o

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physician, medicine

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lei/o

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smooth

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onc/o

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tumor,mass

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path/o

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diease

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rhabd/o

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rod-shaped, straited

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somat/o

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body

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chlor/o

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green

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chrom/o

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color

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cyan/o

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blue

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erthr/o

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red

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leuk/o

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white

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melan/o

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black

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xanth/o

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yellow

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dia-

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through, complete

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dys-

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painful, abnormal, difficult, labored

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hyper-

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above, excessive

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hypo-

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below, incomplete, deficient

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meta-

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after, beyond, change

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neo-

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new

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pro-

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before

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-al, -ic, -ous

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pertaining to

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-ctye

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cell

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-gen

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substance or agent that produces or causes

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-genesis

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origin, cause

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-genic

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producing, originating, causing

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-logist

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one who studies and treats

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-logy

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study of

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-oid

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resembling

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-oma

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tumor, swelling

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-osis

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abnormal condition (means increase when used with blood cell word roots)

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-pathy

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diease

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-plasia

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condition of formation, development, growth

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-plasm

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growth, substance, formation

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-sarcoma

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malignant grant

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-sis

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state of

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adenocarcinoma

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cancerous tumor of glandular tissue

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adenoma

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tumor composed of glandular tissue

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carcinoma

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cancerous tumor

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chloroma

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tumor of green color

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epithelioma

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tumor composed of epithelium

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fibroma

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tumor composed of fiber

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fibrosarcoma

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malignant tumor composed of fiber

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leiomyona

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tumor composed of smooth muscle

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leiomyosarcoma

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malignant tumor of smooth muscle

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lipoma

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tumor composed of fat

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liposarcoma

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malignant tumor of fat

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melanocarcinoma

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cancerous black tumor

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melanoma

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black tumor

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myoma

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tumor composed of muscle

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neoplasm

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new growth

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neuroma

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tumor composed of nerve

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rhabdomyosarcoma

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malignant tumor of striated muscle

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sarcoma

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tumor of connective tissue

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cytogenic

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producing cells

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cytoid

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resembling a cell

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cytology

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study of cells

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cytoplasm

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cell substance

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dysplasia

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abnormal development

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epithelial

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pertaining to epithelium

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erythrocytosis

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increase in the number of red blood cells

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histology

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study of tissue

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hyperplasia

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excessive development

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hypoplasia

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incomplete development

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karyocyte

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cell with a nucleus

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karyoplasm

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substance of a nucleus

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leukocyte

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white blood cell

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leukocytosis

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increase in the number of white blood cells

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lipoid

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resembling fat

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myopathy

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diease of the muscle

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neuroid

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resembling a nerve

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somatic

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pertaining to the body

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somatogenic

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orginating in the body

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somatopathy

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diease of the body

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somatoplasm

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body substance

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systemic

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pertaining to a system

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visceral

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pertaining to the internal organs

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cancerous

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pertaining to cancer

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carcinogen

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substance that causes cancer

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carcinogenic

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producing cancer

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cyanosis

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abnormal condition of blue

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diagnosis

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state of knowledge

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etiology

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study of diseases

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iatrogenic

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produced by a physician (the unexpected results from a treatment prescribed by a

physician)

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iatrology

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study of medicine

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metastasis

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beyond control

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neopathy

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new disease

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oncogenic

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causing tumors

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oncolognist

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a physician who studies and treats tumors

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oncology

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the study of tumors

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pathogenic

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producing disease

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pathologist

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a pysician who studies disease

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pathology

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study of disease

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prognosis

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state of before knowledge (prediction of the outcome of disease)

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xanthochromic

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pertaining to the color yellow

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xanthosis

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abnormal condition of yellow

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benign

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not malignant, nonrecurrent, favorable for recovery

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carcinmona in situ

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cancer in the early stages before invading surrounding tissue

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chemotherapy

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treatment of cancer with drugs

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encapsulated

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enclosed in capsule, as with benign tumors

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exacerbation

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increase in the severity of disease symptoms

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idiopathic

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pertaining to disease of unknown origin

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inflammation

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response to injury or destruction of tissue characterized by redness, swelling,

heat, and pain

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in vitro

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within a glass, observable within a test tube

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in vivo

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within the living body

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radiation therapy

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treatment of cancer with a radioactive substance

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remission

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improvement or absence of signs of disease

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Ca

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carcinoma

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Chemo

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chemotherapy

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Dx

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diagnosis

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mets

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metastasis

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Px

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pronosis

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RBC

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red blood cells

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XRT

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radiation therapy

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WBC

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white blood cells

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