Quiz 2 Flashcards
Cancerous tumor of glandular tissue
Adenocarcinoma
Tumor composed of glandular tissues (benign)
Adenoma
Cancerous tumor (malignant)
Carcinoma
Tumor of green color
Chloroma
Tumor composed of epithelial tissue
Epithelioma
Tumor composed of fibrous tissue (benign)
Fibroma
Malignant tumor of fibrous tissue
Fibrosarcoma
Tumor composed of smooth muscle (benign)
Leiomyoma
Tumor composed of fat (benign)
Lipoma
Malignant tumor of smooth muscle
Leiomyosarcoma
Malignant tumor of fat
Liposarcoma
Cancerous black tumor
Melanocarcinoma
Black tumor (primarily of the skin; note it is usually malignant)
Melanoma
Tumor composed of muscle (benign)
Myoma
Tumor composed of nerves (benign)
Neuroma
Tumor composed of striated muscle (benign)
Rhabdomyoma
Malignant tumor composed of striated muscle
Rhabdomyoma
Tumor of connective tissue (highly malignant)
Sarcoma
Producing cells
Cytogenic
Resembling a cell
Cytoid
Study of cells
Cytology
Cell substance
Cytoplasm
Abnormal development
Dysplasia
Pertaining to the epithelium
Epithelial
Red (blood) cells
Erythrocyte
Increase in number of red (blood) cells
Erythrocytosis
Study of tissue
Histology
Excessive development (number of cells)
Hyperplasia
Incomplete development
Hypoplasia
White (blood) cells
Leukocyte
Increase in white (blood) cells
Leukocytosis
Resembling fat
Lipoid
Disease of a muscle
Myopathy
Resembling a nerve
Neuroid
Enlargement of an organ
Organomegaly
Pertaining to the body
Somatic
Originating in the body
Somatogenic
Disease of the body
Somatopathy
Body substance
Somatoplasm
Pertaining to a (body)system, or to the body as a whole
Systemic
Pertaining to the internal organs
Visceral
Pertaining to cancer
Cancerous
Substance that causes cancer
Carcinogen
Producing cancer
Carcinogenic
Abnormal condition of blue
Cyanosis
State of complete knowledge
Diagnosis
Study of cause (disease)
Etiology
Produced by a physician / other provider
Iatrogenic
Beyond control (as in malignant tumors)
Metastasis
Causing tumors
Oncogenic
Physician who studies and treats (malignant) tumors
Oncologist
Study of tumors
Oncology
Pertaining to an organ
Organic
Producing disease
Pathogenic
Physician who studies disease
Pathologist
State of before knowledge
Prognosis
Pertaining to a yellow color
Xanthochromic
Abnormal condition of yellow
Xanthosis