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overactivity of thyroid gland
What is hyerthyroidism
100
underactivity of the thyroid gland
What is hypothyroidism
100
Group of symptoms produced by excess of cortisol form adrenal cortex
What is Cushing syndrome
100
Hypofunctioning of adrenal cortex
What is Addison disease
100
benign tumor of adrenal medulla
What is pheochromocytoma
200
having the ability to enter and destroy surrounding tissue
What is invasive
200
assisting primary treatment
What is apoptosis
200
surrounded by a capsule
What is encapsulated
200
spread by a malignant tumor to secondary site
What is metastasis
200
programmed cell death
What is apoptosis
300
combining form for many, more
What is ple/o
300
combining form for hard
What is scirrh/o
300
combining form for tumor
What is onc/o
300
combining form for bad
What is cac/o
300
combining form for cold
What is cry/o
400
test measured outside living organism
What is invitro
400
test measured inside living organism
What is invivo
400
radiation therapy using implanted radioisotope radiation source
What is brachytherapy
400
magnetic field and radio waves used to image the body
What is MRI
400
time required for a radioactive substance to loose half its radioactivity by disintegration
What is half life
500
radioactive substances given IV and then emit positrons creating a cross - sectional image of metabolism of body
What is PET
500
radiation absorbed does; a unit of absorbed radiation in the body
What is rad
500
materials injected to obtain contrast with surrounding tissue when shown x-ray on film
What is contrast studies
500
process of using x-rays to produce fluorescent image on a screen
What is fluoroscopy
500
diagnostic x-ray producing a cross section image on a screen
What is CT
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