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aden/o

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gland

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cyt/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 (disease characterized by unregulated abnormal growth of new cells)

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eti/o

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cause (of disease)

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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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disease

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rhabd/o

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rod-shaped,striated

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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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erythr/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,under

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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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-cyte

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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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-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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-megaly

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englargement

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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

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-pathy

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diseas

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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 tumor

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-sis

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state of

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-stasis

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control,stop,standing

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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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chlorma

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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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leiomyoma

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tumor composed of smooth muslce

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leiomyosarcoma

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malignant tumor of smooth muslce

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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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neuorma

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tumor composed of nerve

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rhabdomyoma

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tumor composed of striated muscle

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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 epitherlium

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erythrocyte

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red blood cell

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erythrocytosis

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increase in number of RBCs

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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 w/nucleus

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karyoplasm

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substance of nucleus

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leukocyte (WBC)

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white blood cells

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leukocytosis

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increase in number of WBCs

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lipoid

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resembling fat

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myopathy

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disease of muscle

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neuroid

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resembling a nerve

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organmegaly

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enlargement of organ

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somatic

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pertaining to body

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somatogenic

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originating in body

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somatopathy

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disease of body

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somatoplasm

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body substance

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systemic

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pertaining to a (body) system

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visceral

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pertaining to 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 (bluish discoloration)

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diagnosis

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state of complete knowledge

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etiology

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study of causes

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iatrogenic

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produced 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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oncogenic

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causing tumors

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oncologist

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physician who studies and treats (malignant) tumors

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oncology

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study of tumors

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organic

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pertaining to organ

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pathogenic

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producing disease

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pathologist

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physician who studies diseases

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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

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xanthochromic

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pertaining to yellow color

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xanthosis

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abnormal condition of yellow

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apoptosis

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programmed cell death, destroy damaged or defective cells

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benign

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not malignant, nonrecurrent

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biological therapy

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treatment of cancer w/biological response modifiers that work w/immune system

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carcinoma in situ

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cancer in early stage before invading surrounding tissue

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chemotheraphy

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treatment of cancer w/drugs

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encapsulated

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enclosed within a capsule, as w/benign or malignant tumors that have not spread beyond the capsule of organ in which it originated

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exacerbation

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increase in severity of a disease or its symptoms

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hospice

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provides palliative or supportive care for terminally ill patients and their families

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idiopathic

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pertaining to disease of unknown origin

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inflammation

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in vitro

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within a glass,observable within test tube

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in vivo

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within living body

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malignant

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tending to become progressively worse and to cause death as in cancer

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morbidity

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state of being diseased or unwell

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mortality

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state of being mortal (death)

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palliative

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providing relief but not cure

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radiation therapy (XRT)

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treatment of cancer w/radioactive substance, x-ray, or radiation

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remission

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improvement or absence of signs of disease

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