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MBIC -MODULE 130
MEDICAL; LAW AND ETHICS- UNIT 4
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Medical
Graduate
02/09/2012

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Term
CARCIN/O-
Definition
CANCER
Term
-OID
Definition
RESEMBLE, LIKE
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IN-
Definition
INTO
Term
SITU
Definition
PLACE
Term
IMMUN/O
Definition
SAFE, IMMUNITY
Term
-IVE
Definition
NATURE OF, QUALITY OF
Term
MALIGN
Definition
BAD KIND
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ONC/O
Definition
TUMOR
Term
MYC/O
Definition
FUNGUS
Term
MYEL
Definition
BONE MARROW SPINAL CORD
Term
-GENIC
Definition
FORMATION, PRODUCE
Term
XER/O
Definition
DRY
Term
-BLAST
Definition
IMMATURE CELL, GERM CELL, EMBRYONIC CELL
Term
PRE-
Definition
BEFORE, IN FRONT OF
Term
ADENOCARCINOMA-
Definition
MALIGNANT TUMOR ARISING IN THE GLANDULAR ORGAN.
Term
CHRONIC MYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA-
Definition
IS A DISEASE IN WHICH A CELL IN THE BONE MARROW BECOMES CANCEROUS AND PRODUCES A LARGE NUMBER OF ABNORMAL GRANULOCYTES.
Term
SEMINOMA-
Definition
CANCEROUS TUMOR OF THE TESTES.
Term
TRISMUS-
Definition
PERTAINING TO THE INABILITY TO OPEN THE MOUTH FULLY; OCCURS IN PATIENTS THAT HAVE ORAL CANCER WHO UNDERGO A COMBINATION OF SURGERY AND RADIATION THERAPY.
Term
LAPAROSCOPY-
Definition
USE OF A LAPAROSCOPE TO TO EXAMINE THE ABDOMEN.
Term
ENDOSCOPY-
Definition
PROVIDES THE PHYSICIAN A DIRECT VIEW OF CERTAIN PORTIONS OF THE BODY.
Term
GASTROSCOPY-
Definition
USE OF A GASTROSCOPE TO EXAMINE THE INTERIOR OF THE STOMACH.
Term
BONE MARROW STUDY-
Definition
A TEST TO DETECT ABNORMAL BONE MARROW CELLS,WHICH CAN INDICATE LUEKEMIA.
Term
SIGMOIDOSCOPY-
Definition
USE OF A SIGMOIDOSCOPE TO EXAMINE THE LOWER 10 INCHES OF THE LARGE INTESTINES.
Term
NEEDLE BIOPSY-
Definition
PUNCTURE OF A TUMOR FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE CORE OF TISSUE THROUGH THE LUMEN OF A NEEDLE.
Term
SARC
Definition
FLESH
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