Introduction to Biomedical Terms, Body Structure, Color, Oncology

Question 1

intra-

Answer 1

within

Question 2

melanoma

Answer 2

black tumor

Question 3

-itis

Answer 3

inflammation

Question 4

lipoma

Answer 4

tumor composed of fat

Question 5

palliative

Answer 5

providing relief but not cure

Question 6

remission

Answer 6

improvement or absence of signs of disease

Question 7

malignant

Answer 7

tending to become progressively worse and to cause death, as in cancer

Question 8

in vitro

Answer 8

outside the body or in lab setting

Question 9

in vivo

Answer 9

within the living body

Question 10

carcinoma (CA)

Answer 10

cancerous tumor (malignant)

Question 11

hyperplasia

Answer 11

excessive development (number of cells)

Question 12

erythrocytosis

Answer 12

increase in the number of red (blood) cells

Question 13

hyper-

Answer 13

above, excessive

Question 14

dys-

Answer 14

painful, abnormal, difficult, labored

Question 15

cancer/o, carcin/o

Answer 15

cancer (a disease characterized by the unregulated, abnormal growth of new cells)

Question 16

cyanosis

Answer 16

abnormal condition of blue (bluish discoloration, especially of the skin, caused by inadequate
supply of oxygen in the blood)