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haney medterm c21-11
Question | Answer |
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Substance added to a prescription to assist in the action of the main ingredient | adjuvant |
A change in the structure and orientation of cells characterized by a loss of specialization and reversion to a more primitive form | anaplasia |
Malignant neoplasm | carcinoma |
Substance or agent that causes the development or incre4ases the incidence of cancer | carcinogen |
Use of a chemical agents to destroy cancer cells on a selective basis | chemotherapy |
enclosed in fibrous or membranous sheaths | encapsulated |
Possessing the ability to invade or penetrate adjacent tissue | infiltrative |
Characterized by a tendency to spread, infiltrate, and intrude | invasive |
usually encapsulated | benign tumor |
neoplasm that can invade surrounding tissue and can metastasize to distant sites | malignant tumor |
gastr/o | stomach |
aden/o | gland |
carcin/o | cancer |
-oma | tumor |
oste/o | bone |
sarc/o | connective tissue |
radi/o | radiation |
scirrh/o | hard |
cry/o | cold |
papill/o | resembling a nipple |
ana- | not, without |
epi- | on, upon |
-plasia | formation or development |
meta- | beyond, after |
-plasm | living substance |