Clinical Terms

Question 1

Cancer

Answer 1

Illness characterized by gene mutations leading to the formation of malignant tumors and metastasis

Question 2

Carcinogen

Answer 2

A cancer causing agent

Question 3

Benign tumor

Answer 3

Mass or swelling in which the cells usually remain within the epithelium or a connective tissue capsule; rarely life threatening

Question 4

DNA fingerprinting

Answer 4

Technique for identifying an individual on the basis of repeating nucleotide sequences in his or her DNA

Question 5

Genetic engineering

Answer 5

Research on and techniques for changing the genetic make-up of an organism

Question 6

Malignant tumor

Answer 6

Mass or swelling in which cells no longer respond to normal control mechanisms but divide rapidly and spread

Question 7

Metastasis

Answer 7

Spread of malignant cells into distant tissues and organs, where secondary tumors subsequently develop

Question 8

Normal saline

Answer 8

Solution that approximates the normal osmotic concentration of extra cellular fluids

Question 9

Primary tumor

Answer 9

Abnormal mass where cancer cells first developed and the source of secondary tumors

Question 10

Recombinant DNA

Answer 10

DNA creating by inserting (splicing) a specific gene from one organism into the DNA strand of another

Question 11

Secondary tumor

Answer 11

Colony of cancerous cells resulting from metastasis