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Benign

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Not malignant, not recurrent, favorable for recovery

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Atrophy

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Decrease in the size or a complete wasting of an organ or tissue or cell

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Present at birth.

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Congenital

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Tome

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Instrument to cut

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Any large internal organ in a body cavities, especially those in the abdomen

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Viscera

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Degeneration

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Change in tissue to a lower or less active form

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The removal of a piece of a tumor or lesion for examination

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Incisional biopsy

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Mitotic figures

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Condensed chromosomes seen during mitosis

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The removal of an entire tumor or lesion including margins of surrounding tissue for examination .

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Excisional biopsy

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Ancillary

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Helping,supporting, supplement

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Hyperplasia

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Abnormal increase in the number of normal cells.

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Increase in the size of an organ or tissue or cell

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Hypertrophy

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Osteo

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Bone

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Iatrogenic

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Produced by treatment

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Of unknown cause

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Idiopathic

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Hem

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Blood

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Deficiency in blood supply

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Ischemia

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Tending to become progressively worse and result in death

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Malignant

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Sarc/o

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Flesh, connective tissue

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Micro

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Small

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Pathogenic growth distant from primary disease site

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Metastasis

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Tissue death

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Necrosis

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Pertaining to or affecting the body as a whole

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Systemic

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Cadaver

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A dead body

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Axillary

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Pertaining to the armpit.

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Inguinal

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Pertaining to the groin

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Angio

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Acute

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Having a short course with a sudden onset

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Chronic

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Having a long course with a progressive onset

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Peritoneum

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Membrane lining the walls of the abdominal and pelvic cavities

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Parietal

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Pertaining to the walls of an organ or cavity.

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Infectious agent

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A microorganism that invades and multiplies in body tissues.

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Contagious

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Capable of transmission from one animal to another

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Path/o

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Eti/o

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Onc/o

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Aden/o

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Cry/o

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Chemo/o

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Drug or chemical.

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Therm/o

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Opsy

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-oma

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Necr/o

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-carcinoma

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Malignant growth made of epithelial cells, invades surrounding tissues.

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Pleo

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More than one

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Morph

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Shape or form

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Ism

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Neo

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Plasm

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Formed material of cells

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Lymph

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Lymphatic tissue

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The study if disease causes

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Oro

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Pharyng

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Eal

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Pertaining to

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Systemic

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Pertaining to or affecting the body as a whole

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Metastasis

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Pathogenic growth distant from the primary disease site.

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Multicentric

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Occurring in many different sites at the same time

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Pathology

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The study of nature,causes and development of abnormal conditions

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Ischemia

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Deficiency in blood supply

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Hypertrophy

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Increase size of and organ or cell or tissue

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Malignant

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Tending to become progressively worse and result in death

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Incisional biopsy

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The removal of a piece or tumor or lesion for examination

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Excisional biopsy

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The removal of an entire tumor or lesion including margins of surrounding tissue for examination

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Viscera

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Any large internal organ in a body cavity especially those in the abdomen.

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