Ch.19 Medical Terminology- Oncology

alveol/o

small sac

cac/o

bad

carcin/o

cancerous, cancer

cauter/o

burn, heat

cry/o

cold

chem/o

drug, chemical

cyst/o

bladder, sac

fibr/o

fiber, fibrous tissue

medull/o

inner portion

mut/a

genetic change

necr/o

death

mucos/o

mucous membrane

neur/o

nerve

Mutagen/o (mutagenic)

causing genetic change

onc/o

tumor

plas/o

formation

radi/o

rays

-blastoma

immature tumor

-genesis

formation

-plasm

formation

-oma

tumor, mass

neo-

new

laparoscopy

visual examination of the abdominal cavity

mammography

x-ray imaging of the breast

colonoscopy

visual examination of the colon

Mitosis

division of the nucleus

oncogene

cancer causing gene

Mutation

A change in a gene or chromosome.

necrotic

dead tissue

Fibrosis

replacement of damaged cells with scar tissue

Xerostomia

dry mouth

pneomonitis

inflammation of the lung

Myelosuppression

bone marrow depression

alopecia

hair loss

cauterization

destruction of tissue by burning

palliative

providing relief but not cure

remission

improvement or absence of signs of disease

morbidity

illness

metastasis

spread of cancer cells beyond their original site in the body

benign

mild, not cancerous

mastectomy

surgical removal of a breast

malignant

cancerous, harmful

carcinoma

a malignant tumor that occurs in epithelial tissue

sarcoma

malignant tumor of connective tissue

Staging of cancer

location and pattern of spread

adjuvant therapy

assisting primary treatment

Hyperplasia

increase in number of cells

neoplasm

new growth (tumor)

serous

clear and watery

-stomia

Making an opening (mouth)