Chapter 2 HSC

Cytoplasm

Gel-like fluid inside the cell

Connective tissue

Connects , supports, penetrates, and encases various body structures (fat, bone, blood)

Integumentary System

Skin, nails, and glands. Forms protective covering for body, regulate body temp, manufacture vitamin D

Lymphatic/Immune system

Composed of a network of vessels, ducts, noses and organs. Defense against infections and drainage of extracellular fluid

Aden/o

Gland

Cyt/o

Cell

Epitheli/o

Epithelium

Hemat/o

Hist/o

My/o

Muscle

Sarc/o

Flesh, connective tissue

Viscer/o

Internal organs

Bi/o

Life

Carcin/o

Cancer

Crypt/o

Hidden

Necr/o

Death

Eti/o

Cause (of disease)

Gno/o

Knowledge

iatr/o

Physician, medicine (also means treatment)

Lei/o

Smooth

Onc/o

Tumor, mass

Rhabd/o

Rod-shaped, striated

Somat/o

Body

Vir/o

Virus

Erythr/o

Red

Melan/o

Black

Xanth/o

Yellow

Dia-

Through, complete

Dys-

Painful, abnormal, difficult, labored

Hypo-

Below, incomplete, deficient, under

Meta-

After, beyond, change

Pro-

Before

-Al,-ic,-ous

Pertaining to

-cyte

Cell suffix

-gen

Substance or sharing that produces or causes

-genic

Producing, originating, causing

-logist

One who studies and treats

-megaly

Enlargement

-oid

Resembling

-Oma

Tumor, swelling

-Ipsy

View of, viewing

-Osis

Abnormal condition (increase when used with blood cell)

-plasm

Growth, substance, formation

-plasia

Condition of formation, development, growth

-sarcoma

Malignant tumor

-sis

State of

-stasis

Control, stop, standing

Benign

not malignant, nonrecurrent, favorable for recovery

Biological therapy

Treatment of cancer with biological response modifiers that work with the immune system

Carcinoma Insitu

Cancer in the early stage before invading surrounding tissue

Malignant

Tending to become progressively worse and to cause death, as in cancer

Palliative

Providing relief but not cure

Remission

Improvement or absence of signs of disease

Neoadjuvant therapy

A cancer treatment that precedes other treatment, such as administering chemotherapy or radiation therapy to a patient before surgery

Adjuvant chemotherapy

Use of chemotherapy after or in combination with another form of cancer treatment such as administering chemotherapy after surgery or with radiation therapy

Brachytherapy

The use of radiotherapy, where the source of radiation is placed within or close to the area being treated, such as implantation of radiation sources into the breast to treat cancer

Chemistry panel

A series of tests performed on a blood sample that give information regarding multiple states including the kidneys, liver, and lungs

Complete blood count with differential

Laboratory test for basic blood screening that measures various aspects of erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes

Culture and sensitivity

Test performed on a sample to determine the presence of pathogenic bacteria.

Genetic Testing

Examines DNA, the chemical database that Carrie’s instructions for the body’s functions can reveal gene changes that may cause illness or disease

Specimen

Sample of blood, urine, or body tissue that is taken for medical testing

Cyanosis

Abnormal condition of blue

Xanthosis

Abnormal condition of yellow

Iatrogenic

Produced by a physician

Prognosis

State of before knowledge

Afebrile

Without fever

Erythema

Redness

Febrile

Having a fever

Exacerbation

Increase in the severity of a disease or its symptoms

Idiopathic

Pertaining to disease of unknown origin

Morbidity

State of being diseased

fungus

Organism that feeds by absorbing organic molecules from its surroundings and may cause infection by invading body tissue

Infection

Invasion of pathogens in body tissue

CA

Carcinoma

METS

metastases

Bx

Biopsy

CBC with diff

Complete blood count with differential

C&S

Culture and sensitivity

XRT

Radiation therapy

Dx

Diagnosis

Px

Prognosis