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med term test #2
eng 108 test #2
Question | Answer |
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ADENO | GLAND |
ADENITIS | INFLAMMATION OF GLAND |
ADENOMA | TUMOR IN GLAND |
ADENOPATHY | ANY DISEASE OF GLAND |
NEO | NEW |
NEOPLASM | ABNORMAL NEW GROWTH (TUMOR) |
ANTINEOPLASTIC | AGENTS THAT FIGHT AGAINST TUMOR GROWTH |
ENCEPHALO | BRAIN (INSIDE THE HEAD) |
ENCEPHALOMALACIA | SOFTENING OF THE BRAIN |
ENCEPHALITIS | INFLAMMATION OF BRAIN |
HYPER | ABOVE, ABNORMALLY HIGH, INCREASED |
HYPERTENSION | HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE |
HYPERTROPHY | OVERDEVELOPED, ENLARGED |
HYPO | BELOW, ABNORMALLY LOW, DECREASED |
HYPOTENSION | LOW BLOOD PRESSURE |
HYPOTROPHY | UNDERDEVELOPED, LOSS OF SIZE |
MAL | BAD |
MALIGNANT | BAD WORSENING, LEADING TO DEATH |
LIPO | FAT |
LIPOID | COMPOSED OF FAT |
LIPOMA | TUMOR MADE OF FAT TISSUE |
CEREBRO | CEREBRUM (BRAIN) |
CEREBRAL | ADJECTIVE FOR CEREBRUM |
CEREBROSPINAL | PERTAINING TO BRAIN (CEREBRUM) AND SPINAL CORD |
CEREBROVASCULAR | PERTAINING TO BRAIN (CEREBRUM) AND BLOOD VESSELS |
CRANIO | SKULL |
CRANIECTOMY | CUT OUT OF SKULL |
CRANIOMALACIA | SOFTENING OF SKULL |
CRANIOTOMY | INCISION, CUT IN SKULL |
ONCO | TUMORS CANCER |
ONCOLOGIST | SPECIALIST IN TUMORS AND CANCER |
ONCOLOGY | STUDY OF TUMORS AND CANCER |
META | PREFIX FOR BEYOND |
METASTASIS | TUMOR OR CONDITION THAT SPREADS BEYOND ITS ORIGIN |
METASTASIZE | ACTION OF BECOMING METASTASIS |
METASTATIC | ADJECTIVE OF METASTASES |
MENINGO | MENINGES (MEMBRANE) |
MENINGITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE MENINGES (MEMBRANE)` |
MENINGOCELE | HERNIATION OF THE MENINGES (MEMBRANE) |
MELANOCYTE | PIGMENTED CELL |
MELANOCARCINOMA | CANCER ORIGINATING FROM MELANOCYTES |
MELANOMA | MELIGNANT MELANOCYTE TUMOR |
ATHERO | FATTY OR PORRIDGE LIKE FAT |
ATHEROMA | TUMOR COMPOSED OF FAT IN THE BLOOD VESSELS |
ARTHEROSCLEROSIS | HARDENING OF THE BLOOD VESSELS CAUSED BY FAT |
CARCINO | CANCER |
CARCINOMA | CANCEROUS TUMOR |
CARCINOGENIC | PERTAINING TO CANCER DEVELOPMENT |
CEPHALALGIA | HEADACHE, PAIN IN CEPHAL |
CEPHALO | HEAD |
CEPHALIC | PERTAINING TO HEAD |