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PATHOLOGY - JD
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adenocarcinoma | aden/o/carcin/oma tumour of the gland that is cancerous |
| adenoma | aden/oma tumour of a gland |
| cancerous | cancer/ous pertaining to cancer |
| carcinoma | carcin/oma tumour that is cancerous |
| carcinogen | carcin/o/gen substance that produces or causes cancer |
| carcinogenic | carcin/o/genic producing or causing cancer |
| chloroma | chlor/oma *REBEL tumour resembling green Type of malignant tumour that under a microscope may have greenish blue hue/colour |
| xanthochromic | xanth/o/chrom/ic Pertaining to yellow colour |
| cyanosis | cyan/osis abnormal condition of blue (blue lips indicating lack of oxygen) |
| cytogenic | cyt/o/genic producing cells |
| cytoid | cyt/oid resembling cell(s) |
| cytology | cyt/o/logy study of cell(s) |
| cytoplasm | cyt/o/plasm substance within the cell |
| epithelioma | epitheli/oma tumour in the epithelium |
| epithelial | epitheli/al pertaining to the epithelium |
| erythrocyte (RBC) | erythr/o/cyt/e Red blood cell(s) |
| erythrocytosis | erythr/o/cyt/osis abnormal condition of red blood cell(s) |
| etiology | eti/o/logy study of causes of disease(s) |
| fibroma | fibr/oma tumour composed of fibrous connective tissue |
| fibrosarcoma | fibr/o/sarcoma cancerous tumour composed of fibrous connective tissue |
| diagnosis | dia/gno/sis state of complete knowledge *rebel* identification of a disease from signs, symptoms and tests |
| prognosis | pro/gno/sis state of before knowledge * Rebel* likely progression of a disease or pathology |
| histology | hist/o/logy The study of body tissues |
| iatrogenic | iatr/o/genic producing or causing illness due to treatment *Rebel* |
| iatrology | iatr/o/logy study of treatments that cause illness * Rebel* |
| karyocyte | kary/o/cyt/e cell(s) that possess a nucleus |
| karyoplasm | kary/o/plasm substance of the nucleus |
| leiomyoma | lei/o/my/oma tumour of smooth muscle |
| leiomyosarcoma | lei/o/my/o/sarcoma cancerous tumour of smooth muscle |
| leukocyte (WBC) | leuk/o/cyt/e white blood cell(s) |
| leukocytosis | leuk/o/cyt/osis increased numbers of white blood cells |
| lipoma | lip/oma tumour composed of fat |
| liposarcoma | lip/o/sarcoma malignant tumour composed of fat |
| lipoid | lip/oid resembling fat |
| melanocarcinoma | melan/o/carcinoma malignant melanoma (black/darkened pigment of the skin)* Rebel |
| melanoma | melan/oma tumour in the melanocytes |
| myoma | my/oma tumour of the muscle(s) |
| myopathy | my/o/pathy disease of the muscle |
| rhabdomyoma | rhabd/o/my/oma tumour of striated muscle |
| neuroma | neur/oma tumour of the neuron(s) |
| neuroid | neur/oid resembling a neuron(s) |
| oncogenic | onc/o/gen/ic producing or causing cancer |
| oncology | onc/o/logy study of cancer |
| organic | organ/ic pertaining to an organ |
| organomegaly | organ/o/megaly enlarged organ(s) |
| pathogenic | path/o/genic producing disease(s) |
| pathologist | path/o/logist specialist of diseases |
| pathology | path/o/logy study of disease(s) |
| sarcoma | sarc/oma malignant (canerous) tumour of the flesh or connective tissue (Rebel) |
| somatic | somat/ic pertaining to the body |
| somatogenic | somat/o/genic originating in the body |
| somatopathy | somat/o/pathy disease of the body |
| somatoplasm | somat/o/plasm substance of the body body substance * Rebel* |
| systemic | system/ic pertaining to the system |
| visceral | viscer/al pertaining to internal organs |
| xanthosis | xanth/o/sis abnormal condition of yellow (colour) |
| neoplasm | neo/plasm new growth *Rebel |
| dysplasia | dys/plasia *rebel abnormal growth, development or formation |
| hyperplasia | hyper/plasia *rebel increased growth, development or formation |
| hypoplasia | hypo/plasia decreased growth, development or formation |
| afebrile | not fevered |
| apoptosis | cell death |
| benign | non cancerous, non malignant |
| chemotherapy (chemo) | treatment using chemicals |
| encapsulated | enclosed within a capsule |
| exacerbation | increased severity in symptoms |
| febrile | fevered |
| idiopathic | pertaining to disease of unknown origin |
| inflammation | response to injury or tissue damage displays as redness, swelling, heat, and pain |
| in vitro | outside the body such as a lab setting |
| in vivo | inside a living body |
| malignant | cancerous |
| metastasis | secondary malignant growth at a distance from the primary |
| metastases | plural of metastasis |
| morbidity | being diseased, or illness in a population |
| mortality | state of death or being mortal |
| palliative | provide relief from pain but not cure |
| radiation therapy (XRT) | treatment with radioactive substance |
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