Chapter 2 Oncology

Question 1

Adenoma

Answer 1

Tumor composed of glandular tissue, benign

Question 2

Adenocarinoma

Answer 2

Cancerous tumor of glandular tissue

Question 3

Carcinoma

Answer 3

Cancerous tumor

Question 4

Chloroma

Answer 4

Tumor of green color

Question 5

Epitheioma

Answer 5

Tumor composed of epithelium

Question 6

Fibroma

Answer 6

Tumor composed of fiber

Question 7

Fibrosarcoma

Answer 7

Malignant tumor composed of fiber

Question 8

Leiomyoma

Answer 8

Tumor composed of smith muscle

Question 9

Leiomyosarcoma

Answer 9

Malignant tumor of smooth muscle

Question 10

Lipoma

Answer 10

Tumor composed of fat

Question 11

Liposarcoma

Answer 11

Malignant tumor of fat

Question 12

Melanocarcinoma

Answer 12

Cancerous black tumor

Question 13

Melanoma

Answer 13

Black tumor

Question 14

Myoma

Answer 14

Tumor composed of muscle

Question 15

Neoplasm

Answer 15

New growth

Question 16

Neuroma

Answer 16

Tumor composed of nerve

Question 17

Rhabdomyoma

Answer 17

Tumor composed of striated muscle

Question 18

Rhabdomyosarcona

Answer 18

Malignant tumor of striated muscle

Question 19

Sarcoma

Answer 19

Tumor composed of connective tissue

Question 20

Cancerous

Answer 20

Pertaining to cancer

Question 21

Carcinogen

Answer 21

Substance that causes cancer

Question 22

Carcinogenic

Answer 22

Producing cancer

Question 23

Cyanosis

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Diagnosis

Answer 24

State of complete knowledge, identifying a disease

Question 25

Etiology

Answer 25

Study of causes of disease

Question 26

Iatrogenic

Answer 26

Produced by a physician

Question 27

Iatrology

Answer 27

Study of medicine

Question 28

Metastasis

Answer 28

Beyond control

Question 29

Oncogenic

Answer 29

Causing tumors

Question 30

Oncologist

Answer 30

Physician who studies and treats tumors

Question 31

Oncology

Answer 31

Study of tumors

Question 32

Organic

Answer 32

Pertaining to an organ

Question 33

Pathogenic

Answer 33

Producing disease

Question 34

Pathologist

Answer 34

Physician who studies disease

Question 35

Pathology

Answer 35

Study of disease

Question 36

Prognosis

Answer 36

State of before knowledge, prediction of outcome of disease

Question 37

Xanthochromic

Answer 37

Pertaining to yellow color

Question 38

Xanthosis

Answer 38

Abnormal condition of yellow

Question 39

Apoptosis

Answer 39

Programmed cell death

Question 40

Benign

Answer 40

Not malignant, nonrecurring

Question 41

Biological therapy

Answer 41

Treatment of cancer with biological response modifiers

Question 42

Carcinoma in situ

Answer 42

Cancer in the early stage before invading surrounding tissue

Question 43

Chemotherapy

Answer 43

Treatment of cancer with drugs

Question 44

Encapsulated

Answer 44

Enclosed within a capsule, malignant tumor that has not spread beyond the organ in which it originated

Question 45

Exacerbation

Answer 45

Increase in severity of a disease or its symptoms

Question 46

Hospice

Answer 46

Palliative care for terminally ill patients

Question 47

Idiopathic

Answer 47

Pertaining to disease of unknown origins

Question 48

Inflammation

Answer 48

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

Question 49

In vitro

Answer 49

Within a glass

Question 50

In vivo

Answer 50

Within the living body

Question 51

Malignant

Answer 51

Tending to become progressively worse, and to cause death

Question 52

Morbidity

Answer 52

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

Question 53

Mortality

Answer 53

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

Question 54

Palliative

Answer 54

Providing relief

Question 55

Radiation therapy

Answer 55

Treatment of cancer with a radioactive substance, X-ray or radiation

Question 56

Remission

Answer 56

Improvement or absence of signs of disease