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Chapter Nineteen
Terminology
Meaning
alveolar
cachexia
General ill health and malnutrition associated with chronic disease such
as cancer.
carcinoma in situ
electrocauterization
chemotherapy
cryosurgery
cystic tumor
fibrosarcoma
follicular
fungating tumor
Mushrooming pattern of growth in which tumor cells pile one on top of another
and project from the tissue surface.
medullary tumor
mucositis
mutation
mutagenic
necrotic
neurofibromatosis
oncology
Study of tumors.
papillary
dysplastic
pleomorphic
protocol
polypoid tumor
radiation
osteosarcoma
scirrhous
xerostomia
retinoblastoma
Tumor of the retina of the eye (embryonic cells); congenital and hereditary
tumor.
neuroblastoma
angiogenesis
adenocarcinoma
hyperplasia
neoplasm
myelosuppression
Stopping or inhibiting the growth of bone marrow tissue. This means that blood
cells (leukocytes, erythrocytes, and platelets), normally formed in bone marrow,
are not produced.
radiotherapy
anaplasia
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Chapter 19
apoptosis
brachytherapy
epidermoid
Resembling epidermal tissue (tumors that arise from aberrant epidermal cells).
metastasis
The spread of a malignant tumor from its original location to a distant site.
metaplasia
teletherapy
Radiation therapy using high-energy beams from a distant (tele-) source, such as a
linear accelerator or cyclotron (proton therapy).
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