Colors, Body Structures & Systems, Oncology Flashcards by joe zello

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Chrom/o

A

Colors

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Chlor/o

Chlorophyll

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Green

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Cyan/o

Cyanosis

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Blue

Turning blue due to lack of oxygen

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erythr/o

Erythrocyte

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Red

Red Blood Cells

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Leuk/o

Leukocyte

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White

White Blood Cells

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Poli/o

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Grey

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Melan/o

Melanosis

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Black

Abnormal black coloring of the skin

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Xanth/o

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Yellow

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Aden/o

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gland

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Cyt/o

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cells

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Epitheli/o

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epithelium

Tissue that surrounds body cavities

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lip/o

liposuction

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fat

removal of fat

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My/o

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Muscle Tissue

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Hist/o

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Tissue

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Viscer/o

Eviscerated

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Internal Organs

Disembowlement

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system/o

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System

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Neur/o

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Nerve

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-pathy,

path/o

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Disease

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dia-

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through

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Cancer/o

Carcin/o

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Cancer

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eti/o

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cause (of disease)

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sarc/o

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flesh, connective tissue

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-oma,

onc-o

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tumor,

mass

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rhabd/o

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rod-shaped, striated

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lei/i

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smooth

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dys-

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difficult, painful, bad

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hyper-

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excessive, above

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hypo-

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below, deficient

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meta-

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beyond

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neo-

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new

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-al, -ic, -ous

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pertaining to

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-osis

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abnormal condition,

increase when used with blood

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-gen

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substance that causes or produces

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-genic

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producing or causing

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-sarcoma,

sarcoma

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malignant tumor

(cancerous tumor)

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-plasia

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development or formation

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-plasm

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material (substance) that develops or forms cells or tissue

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Diagnosis

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identification of a disease or condition

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benign

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not mlaignant (not cancerous)

Non-recurrent, favorable for recovery

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malignant

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Tending to become pregressively worse

Can cause death, such as cancer

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encapsulated

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enclosed in a capsule

as with benign tumors

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remission

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Improvement or absence of signs of disease

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carcinoma in situ

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cancer in early stage

before invading surrounding tissue

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chemotherapy

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treatment for cancer with drugs

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Radiation therapy

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treatment of cancer with radioactive substance, x-ray, or radiation

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