Complementary Terms

Question 1

cyanosis

Answer 1

abnormal condition of blue

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xanthosis

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abnormal condition of yellow

Question 2

oncologist

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physician who studies and treats (malignant) tumors

Question 3

oncology

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a branch of medicine concerned with the study of malignant tumors

Question 3

pathologist

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examines biolsies and performs autopsies to determine the cause of disease or death

Question 3

pathology

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a branch of mesicine dealing with the study of the causes of disease and death

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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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carcinoid

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resembling cancer

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diagnosis

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the art of identifying a disease based on the patient’s signs, symptoms, and test results

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etiology

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study of causes of diseases

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iatrogenic

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the unexpected results from a treatment prescribed by a physician

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oncogenic

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causing tumors

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pathogenic

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producing disease

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prognosis

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prediction of the outcome of disease based on the patient’s signs, symptoms, and test results

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afebrile

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without fever

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erythema

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redness

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febrile

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having a fever

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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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exacerbation

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increase in the severity of a disease or its symptoms

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idiopathic

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pertaining to disease of unknown origin

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morbidity

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state of being diseased; incidence of illness in a population

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mortality

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incidence of the number of deaths in a population

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bacteria

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single-celled microorganisms that reproduce my cell division and may cause infection by invading body tissue

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fungus

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organism that feeds by absorbing organic molecules from its surroundings and may cause infection by invading body tissue

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infection

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invasion of pathogens in body tissue; bacterial, viral, and fungal. An acute infection may remain localized if the body’s defense mechanisms are effective or may persist to become subacute or chronic. A systemic infection occurs when the pathogen causing a local infection gains access to the vascular or lymphatic system and become disseminated throughout the body

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microorganism

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a form of life that is too small to be seem without a microscope; bacteria, fungi, and viruses

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virus

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minute microorganism, much smaller than a bacterium, characterized by a lack of independent metabolism and the ability to replicate only within living host cells; may cause infection by invading body tissue