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Chapter 2 Oncology Flashcards

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Adenoma

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Tumor composed of glandular tissue, benign

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Adenocarinoma

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Cancerous tumor 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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Epitheioma

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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 smith 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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Rhabdomyoma

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Tumor composed of striated muscle

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Rhabdomyosarcona

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Malignant tumor of striated muscle

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Sarcoma

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Tumor composed of connective tissue

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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 discoloration especially of the skin, caused by an inadequate supply of oxygen

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Diagnosis

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State of complete knowledge, identifying a disease

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Etiology

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Study of causes of disease

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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 tumors

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Oncology

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Study of tumors

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Organic

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Pertaining to an organ

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Pathogenic

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Producing disease

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Pathologist

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Physician 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 outcome of disease

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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

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Benign

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Not malignant, nonrecurring

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Biological therapy

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Treatment of cancer with biological response modifiers

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Carcinoma in situ

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Cancer in the early stage 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 within a capsule, malignant tumor that has not spread beyond the 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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Palliative care for terminally ill patients

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Idiopathic

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Pertaining to disease of unknown origins

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Inflammation

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Localized protective response to injury or tissue destruction characterized by redness, swelling heat and pain

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In vitro

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Within a glass

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In vivo

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Within the living body

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Malignant

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Tending to become progressively worse, and to cause death

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Morbidity

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State of being diseased or unwell, incidence of illness in a population

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Mortality

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State of being mortal, incidence of the number of deaths in a population

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Palliative

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Providing relief

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Radiation therapy

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Treatment of cancer with a 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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