CH. 2: Complementary Terms

Question 1

cyanosis

Answer 1

abnormal condition of blue (bluish discoloration, esp. of the skin, caused by inadequate supply of oxygen in the blood)

Question 2

xanthosis

Answer 2

abnormal condition of yellow (discoloration)

Question 3

oncologist

Answer 3

physician who studies and treat (malignant) tumors

Question 4

oncology

Answer 4

study of tumors (a branch of medicine concerned with the study of malignant tumors)

Question 5

pathologist

Answer 5

physician who studies diseases (examines biopsies and performs autopsies to determine the cause of disease or death)

Question 6

pathology

Answer 6

study of disease (a branch of medicine dealing with the study of the causes of disease and death)

Question 7

cancerous

Answer 7

pertaining to cancer

Question 8

carcinogen

Answer 8

substance that causes cancer

Question 9

carcinogenic

Answer 9

producing cancer

Question 10

carcinoid

Answer 10

resembling cancer

Question 11

diagnosis (Dx)

Answer 11

state of complete knowledge (the art of identifying a disease based on the patient’s signs, symptoms, and test results)

Question 12

etiology

Answer 12

study of causes (of diseases)

Question 13

iatrogenic

Answer 13

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

Question 14

oncogenic

Answer 14

causing tumors

Question 15

pathogenic

Answer 15

producing disease

Question 16

prognosis (Px)

Answer 16

state of before knowledge (prediction of the outcome of disease based on the patient’s signs, symptoms, and test results)

Question 17

exacerbation

Answer 17

increase in the severity of a disease or its symptoms

Question 18

idiopathic

Answer 18

pertaining to disease of unknown origin

Question 19

morbidity

Answer 19

state of being diseased; incidence of illness in a population

Question 20

mortality

Answer 20

state of being mortal (death); incidence of the number of deaths in a population

Question 21

bacteria (s. bacterium)

Answer 21

single-celled microorganisms that reproduce by cell division and may cause infection by invading body tissue

Question 22

fungus (pl. fungi)

Answer 22

organism that feeds by absorbing organic molecules from its surroundings and may cause infection by invading body tissue; single-celled fungi (yeast) reproduce by budding; multi-celled fungi (mold) reproduce by spore formation.

Question 23

infection

Answer 23

invasion of pathogens in body tissue. Types of infection include bacterial, viral, and fungal.

Question 24

microorganism

Answer 24

a form of life that is too small to be seen without a microscope; includes bacteria, fungi, and viruses

Question 25

virus (pl. viruses)

Answer 25

minute microorganism, much smaller than a bacterium, characterized by a lack of independent metabolism and the ability to replicate only within living host cells; these may cause infection by invading body tissue.