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medical terminology ch. 1
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Undergraduate 1
10/19/2010
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Term
carcin
 Definition
cancer
Term
cyt
 Definition
cell
Term
epitheli
 Definition
epithelium
Term
hist
 Definition
tissue
Term
lip
 Definition
fat
Term
my
 Definition
muscle
Term
neur
 Definition
nerve
Term
onc
 Definition
tumor
Term
path
 Definition
disease
Term
plasm
 Definition
growth(substance or formation)
Term
sarc
 Definition
flesh, connective tissue
Term
stasis
 Definition
control, stop
Term
viscer
 Definition
internal organ
Term
-al
 Definition
pertaining to
Term
-genic
 Definition
producing, originating, causing
Term
-logist
 Definition
specialist (physician) who studies and treats
Term
-logy
 Definition
study of
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-oid
 Definition
resembling
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-oma
 Definition
tumor
Term
meta-
 Definition
beyond
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benign
 Definition
not malignant, non recurring
Term
chemotherapy
 Definition
treatment of cancer by using pharmaceuticals
chemo
Term
diagnosis
 Definition
identification of a disease
Dx
Term
inflammation
 Definition
protective response of body tissue characterized by redness, swelling, heat and pain
Term
malignant
 Definition
tending to become progressively worse, possibly resulting in death
Term
prognosis
 Definition
prediction of a possible outcome of a disease
Px
Term
remission
 Definition
lessening or absence of signs of disease
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