Terms Related To Cancer
Body Structure Terms
Ditto
Complementary Terms
And again....
100
Adenoma
What is the term for "tumor composed of glandular tissue"?
100
Red blood cell
What is erythrocyte?
100
Myopathy
What is disease of the muscle?
100
Substance that causes cancer
What is carcinogen?
100
Not malignant, favorable for recovery
What is benign?
200
The term for "tumor of connective tissue"
What is sarcoma?
200
The suffix for "condition of formation, development, growth"?
What is -plasia?
200
Pertaining to the internal organs
What is visceral?
200
Abnormal condition of blue (discoloration of skin caused by inadequate supply of oxygen)
What is cyanosis?
200
Response to injury or destruction of tissue characterized by redness, swelling, heat, and pain
What is inflammation?
300
Tumor composed of muscle
What is myoma?
300
Growth, substance, formation
What is the definition of the suffix "-plasm"?
300
White blood cells
What is leukocyte?
300
The term for "producing disease"
What is pathogenic?
300
Tending to become progressively worse and to cause death (as in cancer)
What is malignant?
400
Malignant tumor of smooth muscle
What is leiomyosarcoma?
400
Tumor composed of fiber
What is fibroma?
400
Study of cells
What is cytology?
400
Beyond control (spread of disease from one organ to another)
What is metastasis?
400
Improvement or absence of signs of disease
What is remission?
500
Tumor composed of nerve
What is neuroma?
500
New growth (of abnormal tissue or tumor)
What is "neoplasm"?
500
Excessive development (number of cells)
What is hyperplasia?
500
A physician who studies and treats tumors
What is an oncologist?
500
increase in the severity of a disease or its symptoms
What is exacerbation?
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