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adenocarcinoma: cancerous tumor of glandular tissue
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adenoma: tumor composed of glandular tissue (benign)
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benign: not malignant, nonrecurrent, favorable for recovery
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Ca: carcinoma
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cancerous: pertaining to cancer
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carcinogen: substance that causes cancer
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carcinogenic: producing cancer
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carcinoma: cancerous tumor (malignant)
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carcinoma in situ: cancer in the early stage before invading surrounding tissue
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chemo: chemotherapy
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chemotherapy: treatment of cancer with drugs
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chloroma: tumor of green color (malignant arising from myeloid tissue
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cyanosis: abnormal condition of blue (skin)
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cytogenic: producing cells
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cytoid: resembling a cell
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cytology: study of cells
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cytoplasm: cell substance
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diagnosis: state of complete knowledge (identifying a disease)
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Dx: diagnosis
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dysplasia: abnormal development
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eithelioma: tumor composed of epithelium (may be benign or malignant
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encapsulated: enclosed in a capsule as with benign
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epithelial: pertaining to epithelium
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erythrocyte: red blood cell
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erythrocytosis: increase in the number of red blood cells
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etiology: study of causes (of disease)
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exacerbation: increase in the severity of a disease or its symptoms
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fibroma: tumor composed of fiber (fibrous tissue) (benign)
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fibrosarcoma: malignant tumor composed of fiber (fibrous tissue)
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histology: study of tissue
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hyperplasia: excessive development (number of cells)
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hypoplasia: incomplete development (of an organ or tissues)
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iatrogeic: produced by a physician (the unexpected results from a treatment prescribed by a physician)
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iatrology: study of medicine
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idiopathic: pertaining to a disease of unknown origin
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in vitro: within a glass, observable within a test tube
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in vivo: within a living body
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inflammation: response to injury of destruction of tissue characterized by redness, swelling, heat, and pain
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karyocyte: cell with a nucleus
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karyoplasm: substance of a nucleus
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leiomyoma: tumor composed of smooth muscle (benign
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leiomyosarcoma: malignant tumor of smooth muscle
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leukoctosis: increase in the number of white (blood) cells
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leukocyte: white blood cells
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lipoid: resembling fat
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lipoma: tumor composed of fat (benign tumor)
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liposarcoma: malignant tumor of fat
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malignant: tending to become progressively worse and to cause death, as in cancer
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melanocarcinoma: cancerous black tumor (malignant)
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melanoma: black tumor (primarily of the skin)
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metastasis: beyond control (transfer of diseases from one organ to another as in the transfer of malignant tumors)
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mets: metastasis
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myoma: tumor composed of muscle (benign)
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myopathy: disease of the muscle
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neopathy: new disease
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neoplasm: new growth (of abnormal tissue or tumor)
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neuroid: resembling a nerve
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neuroma: tumor composed of nerve (benign)
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oncogenic: causing tumors
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oncologist: a physician who studies and treats tumors
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oncology: study of tumors (a branch of medicine concerned with the study of malignant tumors)
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pathogenic: producing disease
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pathologist: a physician who studies diseases (examines biopsies and performs autopsies to determine the causes of disease or death
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pathology: the study of disease (a branch of medicine dealing with the study of the causes of disease and death)
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prognosis: state of before knowledge (prediction of the outcome of disease)
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Px: prognosis
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radiation therapy (XRT): treatment of cancer with a radioactive substance, x-ray or radiation (also called radiation oncology and radiotherapy)
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RBC: red blood cells
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remission: improvement or absence of signs of disease
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rhabdomyoma: tumor composed of straited muscle
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rhabdomyosarcoma: malignant tumor of striated muscle
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sarcoma: tumor of connective tissue (such as bone or cartilage) (highly malignant)
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somatic: pertaining to the body
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somatogenic: originating in the body (organic as opposed to psychologic)
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somatopathy: disease of the body
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somatoplasm: body substance
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systemic: pertaining to a body system (or the body as a whole)
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visceral: pertaining to the internal organs
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WBC: white blood cells
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xanthochromic: pertaining to yellow color
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xanthosis: abnormal condition of yellow (discoloration)
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XRT: radiation therapy