| Term | Definition |
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| adenectomy | excision of a gland |
| adenitis | inflammation of a gland |
| adenoma | tumor of a gland or glandular tissue |
| adenopathy | disease condition of a gland or glandular tissue |
| antineoplastic | agent that works against tumor growth |
| atheroma | fatty (porridgelike) tissue; tumor found in blood vessels |
| atherosclerosis | hardening of blood vessels caused by fatty growths |
| carcinoma | cancer of epithelial tissue |
| cephalalgia | head pain (synonym for cephalodynia) |
| cephalic | pertaining to the head |
| cephalodynic | pertaining to head pain (adjective) |
| cerebral | pertaining to the cerebrum (adjective) |
| cerebritis | inflammation of the cerebrum |
| cerebroma | tumor of the cerebrum |
| cerebrospinal | pertaining to the cerebrum and spine |
| cerebrovascular | pertaining to the cerebrum and blood vessels |
| cerebrum | largest part of the brain; includes the frontal, temporal, and occipital lobes |
| craniectomy | excision of part of the skull |
| craniomalacia | softening of the skull |
| craniometer | instrument used to measure the size of the skull |
| cranioplasty | surgical repair of the skull |
| craniotomy | incision into the skull |
| cranium | skull |
| electroencephalogram | tracing (picture) showing brain wave activity |
| electroencephalograph | instrument used to turn brain waves into electrical patterns showing a picture of changes in activity |
| encephalitis | inflammation of the brain |
| encephalomalacia | softening of brain tissue |
| encephalomeningitis | inflammation of the brain and meninges |
| encephalomyelopathy | disease condition of the brain and spinal cord |
| electroneurodiagnostic | electrical diagnostic testing (imaging) of nervous system function |
| glandular | pertaining to a gland |
| histology | study of tissues |
| hypertension | high blood pressure |
| hypertrophy | overdevelopment, increase in size |
| hypotension | low blood pressure |
| hypotrophy | underdevelopment, decrease in size |
| lipoid | resembling fat |
| lipoma | fatty tissue tumor |
| lymphadenopathy | disease condition of the lymph glands |
| lymphoma | lymph tissue tumor |
| melanocarcinoma | malignant (cancerous) melanoma |
| melanoma | tumor involving growth of melanocytes |
| meninges | three-layered membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord |
| meningitis | inflammation of the meninges |
| meningocele | herniation of the meninges |
| metastasis | tumor that spreads beyond its origin (noun) pl. metastases |
| metastasize | to spread beyond its origin (verb) |
| metastatic | pertaining to a metastasis or metastases |
| mucosa | mucous membrane (noun) |
| mucus | watery substance secreted by mucous membranes |
| neonatal | pertaining to newborn |
| neoplasm | new growth (tumor) |
| neurodiagnostic | pertaining to diagnostic studies performed to examine the nervous system by detecting electrical changes |
| oncologist | physician specialist in diseases involving tumors |
| oncology | the science that studies tumors |
| sarcoma | cancer of connective tissue |
| serosa | serous membrane |
| tumor | abnormal growth of tissue |
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