Lymphatic system immunology and oncology
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME | SYNDROME OF OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS WHICH DEPRESS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM; EVENTUALLY FATAL |
| ADENOCARCINOMA | CANCEROUS TUMOR OF A GLAND |
| ADENOIDECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE ADENOIDS |
| ADENOIDS | LYMPHATIC TISSUE ON THE POSTERIOR WALL OF THE NASOPHARYNX |
| ADENOPATHY | DISEASE OF A GLAND |
| AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA | THE ABSENCE OF GAMMA GLOBULIN IN THE BLOOD, CAUSING THE BODY TO BE UNALBE TO PRODUCE ANTIBODIES |
| ALPHA-FETOPROTEIN | SERUM BLOOD TEST TO DETECT LIVER CANCER |
| ASYMPTOMATIC | WITHOUT SYMPTOMS |
| ATTENUATED | WEAKENED |
| AUTOIMMUNITY | A CONDITION IN WHICH THE BODY PRODUCES ANTIBODIES AGAINST ITSELF |
| CANDIDIASIS | FUNGAL (YEAST) INFECTION ASSOCIATED WITH HIV INFECTION |
| CARCINOLYSIS | DESTRUCTION OF CANCER |
| CYTOLOGIC EXAMINATION | AN EXAMINATION TO STUDY THE FORMATION, STRUCTURE, AND FUNCTION OF CELLS |
| DISSEMINATED | SCATTERED OVER A CONSIDERABLE PART OF THE BODY |
| DORMANT | A PERIOD WHEN CANCER CELLS REMAIN INACTIVE |
| ELISA | INITIAL HIV ANTIBODY TEST TO DETECT THE PRESENCE OF HIV INFECTION |
| ENCAPSULATED | TUMOR THAT DOES NOT INFILTRATE THE SURROUNDING TISSUE |
| HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY | ENLARGEMENT OF THE SPLEEN & LIVER |
| HODGKIN'S DISEASE | MALIGNANT PAINLESS ENLARGEMENT OF THE LYMPH NODES |
| HYPERPLASIA | EXCESSIVE DEVELOPMENT |
| IMMUNE | TO BE RESISTANT TO A DISEASE |
| IMMUNOGLOBULIN | BLOOD PROTEINS (ANTIBODIES) |
| IMMUNOLOGIST | ONE WHO STUDIES IMMUNOLOGY |
| IN SITU | CANCER IN A LOCALIZED SPOT |
| INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS | ACUTE VIRAL INFECTION CAUSED BY THE EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS |
| LEUKEMIA | MALIGNANT BLOOD DISORDER WHERE THERE IS AN OVER ABUNDANCE OF WBC'S |
| LIPOMA | A FATTY TUMOR |
| LYMPH | CLEAR, WATERY FLUID FORMED FROM INTERSTITIAL FLUID (TISSUE FLUID) |
| LYMPHADENECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A LYMPH GLAND |
| LYMPHANGIOMA | TUMOR OF LYMPHATIC VESSELS |
| LYMPHOIDECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF LYMPHATIC TISSUE |
| LYMPHOMA | TUMOR IN THE LYMPHATIC TISSUE |
| LYMPHOSARCOMA | MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISORDER OF THE LYMPHATIC TISSUE |
| MASTECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE BREAST |
| MELANOCARCINOMA | BLACK, CANCEROUS TUMOR |
| METASTASIS | MOVEMENT OF CANCER CELLS FROM ONE PART OF THE BODY TO ANOTHER |
| ONCOGENESIS | FORMATION OF CANCER CELLS |
| OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS | DISEASES WHICH TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CAUSE INFECTION WHEN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM IS DEPRESSED |
| PALLIATIVE | TREATMENT PROVIDED TO RELIEVE SYMPTOMS |
| PAPILLOMA | NIPPLE-LIKE TUMOR |
| RADIATION THERAPY | THE USE OF RADIATION TO DESTROY CANCER CELLS |
| REMISSION | THE LESSENING IN SEVERITY OR ABATEMENT OF THE SYMPTOMS OF DISEASE |
| SARCOMA | A TYPE OF SKIN CANCER |
| SCIRRHUS | A HARD, CANCEROUS TUMOR |
| SPLEEN | ORGAN WHICH STORES PLATELETS AND FILTERS OUT OLD RBC'S & WBC'S |
| SPLENALGIA | PAIN IN THE SPLEEN |
| SPLENECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE SPLEEN |
| SPLENOMEGALY | ENLARGEMENT OF THE SPLEEN |
| SPLENOPEXY | SURGICAL FIXATION OF THE SPLEEN |
| SPLENOPTOSIS | PROLAPSE OF THE SPLEEN |
| SPLENORRHAGIA | HEMORRHAGE OF THE SPLEEN |
| SPLENORRHAPHY | SUTURING OF THE SPLEEN |
| SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS | AN AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE |
| THYMOPATHY | DISEASE OF THE THYMUS GLAND |
| THYMUS GLAND | GLAND LOCATED IN THE MEDIASTINUM WHICH PRODUCES T-CELLS (A TYPE OF LYMPHOCYTE) |
| TONSIL | A MASS OF LYMPHATIC TISSUE LOCATED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BACK OF THE PHARYNX |
| TONSILLECTOMY | SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE TONSILS |
| TONSILLITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE TONSILS |
| VACCINE | A LIVE OR KILLED SUSPENSION THAT WILL CAUSE THE BODY TO BUILD ANTIBODIES |
| WESTERN BLOT | CONFIRMATORY TEST FOR THE PRESENCE OF HIV INFECTION |
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