Ch.19 "Cancer Medicine / Oncology"

Cac/o (ex: cachexia)

Bad

Alveol/o ( ex: alveolar)

Small sac

Carcin/o (Carcinoma)

cancerous, cancer

Cauter/o (electrocauterization)

heat, burn

Chem/o (chemotherapy)

drug, chemical

Cry/o (cryosurgery)7

cold

Cyst/o (cystic tumor)

sac of fluid

Fibr/o (fibrosarcoma)

Fibers

Follicul/o (follicular)

Small glandular sacs

Fung/i (fungating tumor)

fungus, mushroom

Medull/o (medullary tumor)

soft, inner part

Mucos/o ( mucositis)

Mucous membrane

Mut/a (mutation)

genetic change

Mutagen/o (mutagenic)

causing genetic change

Necr/o (necrotic tumor)

death

Neur/o (neurofibromatosis)

Nerve

Onc/o (oncology)

Tumor

Papill/o (papillary)

nipple-like

Plas/o (dysplastic)

formation

Ple/o (pleomorphic)

many, more

Polyp/o (polypoid tumor)

polyp

Prot/o (protocol)

first

Radi/o (radiation)

rays

Sarc/o (osteosarcoma)

flesh, connective tissue

Scirrh/o (scirrhous)

hard

Xer/o (Xerostomia)

Dry

-blastoma

immature tumor (suffix)

-genesis

formation (suffix)

-oma

tumor, mass (suffix)

-plasia

formation, growth (Suffix; not -plasma)

-plasm

formation, growth (Suffix; not -plasia)

-supression

to stop (suffix)

-therapy

treatment (suffx)

Ana- (anaplasia)

Backward (prefix)

Apo- (Apoptosis)

off, away (prefix)

Epi- (epidermoid)

short (distance) (prefix)

Meta- (metastasis)

beyond; change (prefix)

Neo- (neoadjuvant)

new (prefix)

Tele- (teletherapy)

far (prefix)

Adjuvant Chemotherapy

drugs

Neoplasm(s)

a new growth ( tumor(s) ) that is either benign or malignant

Malignant Tumor

a tumor having the characteristics of continuous growth, invasiveness, and metastasis.

Metastasis

The spread of camver cells beyond it's orginial site. (the 2nd or more tumor)

Benign Tumor

Noncancerous growth; does not metastasis.

Anaplasia

Characteristic of malignant tumors; cancer cells that resemble primitive cells and lack the capacity to perform mature cell functions. (aka immature and not specialized [dedifferentiated/undifferentiated cells] )

Hyperchromatic

Stained excessively with dyes that recognize genetic material, DNA)

Metastasize

The ACTIVE process of which the cancer cells are progressively spreading to a secondary/furthermore site(s).

Mitosis

A process of cell division where a single cell divides to produce two identical daughter cells. (The process of making copies of the parent cell.)

Protein Synthesis

the production of new proteins in cells

Carcinogenesis

The transformation of a normal cell into a cancerous one.