Ch. 2 Complementary Terms (bfwp)

Question 1

cancerous

Answer 1

pertaining to cancer

Question 2

carcinogen

Answer 2

substance that causes cancer

Question 3

carcinogenic

Answer 3

producing cancer

Question 4

cyanosis

Answer 4

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

Question 5

diagnosis (Dx)

Answer 5

state of complete knowlege

identifying a disease

Question 6

etiology

Answer 6

study of causes (of diseases)

Question 7

iatrogenic

Answer 7

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

Question 8

iatrology

Answer 8

study of medicine

Question 9

metastasis (mets)

pl. metastases

Answer 9

beyond control

transfer of disease from one organ to another, as in the transfer of malignant tumors

Question 10

neopathy

Answer 10

new disease

Question 11

oncogenic

Answer 11

causing tumors

Question 12

oncologist

Answer 12

a physician who studies and treats tumors

Question 13

oncology

Answer 13

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

Question 14

pathogenic

Answer 14

producing disease

Question 15

pathologist

Answer 15

a physician who studies diseases

examines biopsies and performs autopsies to determine the cause of disease or death

Question 16

pathology

Answer 16

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

Question 17

prognosis (Px)

Answer 17

state of before knowledge

prediction of the outcome of disease

Question 18

xanthochromic

Answer 18

pertaining to yellow color

Question 19

xanthosis

Answer 19

abnormal condition of yellow (discoloration)