cancer

Question 1

benign

Answer 1

denoting the nonmalignant character of a neoplasm or illness

Question 2

cancer

Answer 2

general term for a mmalignant neoplasm

Question 3

cancerous

Answer 3

pertaining to a maligant neoplasm

Question 4

infiltrate

Answer 4

to penetrate and invade a tissue or cell

Question 5

infiltration

Answer 5

the invasion into a tissue or cell

Question 6

maligant

Answer 6

capable of invading surrounding tissues and metastasizing to distant organs

Question 7

malignancy

Answer 7

tumor that invades surrounding tissues and metatasizes to distant organs

Question 8

metastasis

Answer 8

spread of disease from one part of the body to another

Question 9

metastatic

Answer 9

able to metastasize

Question 10

mutation

Answer 10

a change in the chemistry of a gene that is continued in subsequent divisions of the cell

Question 11

mutagen

Answer 11

agent that produces a mutation in a gene

Question 12

neoplasm

Answer 12

a new growth, either a benign or a malignant tumor

Question 13

neoplastic

Answer 13

pertaining to a neoplasm

Question 14

neoplasia

Answer 14

process that results in formation of a tumor

Question 15

oncology

Answer 15

the science dealing with cancer

Question 16

oncologist

Answer 16

medical specialist in oncology

Question 17

proliferate

Answer 17

to increase in number through reproduction

Question 18

tumor

Answer 18

any abnormal swelling