Medical Terminology 1
A Large Bore needle removal of a generous sample of breast tissue.
What is Core Biopsy?
Malignant tumor arising in a glandular organ.
What is Adenocarcinoma?
Cancerous Tumor deriving from cartilage cells.
What is Chondrosarcoma?
A rapidly growing cancerous tumor of the brain.
What is Glioblastoma?
Pertaining to the spreading process of a malignant tumor.
What is Invasive?
Process by which physician pinpoints the first lymph node into which a tumor drains.
What is Sentinel Node Biopsy?
Characteristic of most cancerous cells in which there is a loss of differentiation and irreversible alteration of adult cells.
What is Anaplasia?
Enclosed within a site, sheath, or capsule.
What is Encapsulated?
Form of lymphoma that occurs in children and young adults.
What is Hemangiosarcoma?
Pertaining to a cancer that is capable of spreading from one area of the body to another.
What is Malignant?
Antineoplastic drugs injected into the patients blood stream.
What is Chemotherapy?
Megavoltage machine used in administering external radiation therapy.
What is Betatron?
Primary bone cancer occurring in the pelvic area or in one of the long bones.
What is Ewing sarcoma?
Tumor of the Thymus.
What is Thyomma?
Substance produced by fungus growing in food.
What is Mycotoxin?
Treatment of Disease by stimulating the body's immune system.
What is Immunotherapy?
Radiation therapy in which the radioactive substance is inserted into a body cavity or organ.
What is Brachytherapy?
Process of increasing in the severity of symptoms.
What is Exacerbation?
Pertaining to the process of extending or growing into normal tissue.
What is Infiltrative?
A rare form of breast cancer characterized by eczema-like changes to the nipple.
What is Paget Disease of the Breast?
Life Threatening disease in which the cells that normally develop into lymphocytes become cancerous.
What is Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia?
Agent or substance that incites or produces cancer.
What is Carcinogen?
Cancerous tumor arising in collagen-producing fibroplasts.
What is Fibrosarcoma?
Enclosed within a site, have not invaded adjacent tissue.
What is In Situ?
What thickened patches formed on the mucous membranes of the inner cheeks.
What is Leukoplakia?