Health assessment vocab group 1

Benign

mild, not cancerous

Carcinogenic

cancer causing

Carcinoma (Ca)

cancerous tumor (malignant)

Carcinoma in situ

Chemotherapy

treatment of cancer with drugs

Cyanosis

a bluish discoloration of the skin resulting from poor circulation or inadequate oxygenation of the blood.

Diagnosis (Dx)

identification of a disease

Dysplasia

abnormal development or growth of cells, tissues, or organs

Encapsulated

enclosed within a capsule, as with benign or malignant tumors that have not spread beyond the capsule of the organ in which it originated

Erythrocyte

a mature red blood cell

Erythrocytosis

abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells

Etiology

the study of the causes of diseases

Exacerbation

increase in the severity of a disease or its symptoms

Hyperplasia

the enlargement of an organ or tissue because of an abnormal increase in the number of cells in the tissues

Idiopathic

pertaining to disease of unknown origin

Inflammation

a localized physical condition in which part of the body becomes reddened, swollen, hot, and often painful, especially as a reaction to injury or infection.

Lipoma

a benign, slow-growing fatty tumor located between the skin and the muscle layer

Malignant

cancerous

Melanoma

Skin cancer originating from melanocytes.

Metastasis

The spread of cancer cells to locations distant from their original site.

Neoplasm

tumor resulting from uncontrolled cell division

Objective Data

information that is seen, heard, felt, or smelled by an observer; signs

Pathology

study of disease

Prognosis

a forecast of the probable course and outcome of a disease

Remission

the temporary, partial, or complete disappearance of the symptoms of a disease without having achieved a cure

Sarcoma

malignant tumor of connective tissue

Somatogenic

originating in the cells of the body, not psychological

Subjective Data

things a person tells you about that you cannot observe through your senses; symptoms

Systemic

pertaining to the body as a whole

Visceral

instinctive; relating to the internal organs

Xanthochromic

related to yellow coloring

dys -

bad, painful, difficult

hyper -

above

hypo -

under

neo -

new, recent

pro -

before, forward

- genesis

beginning; origin

- oma

tumor, mass

- pathy

disease condition

- plasia

development, formation, growth

- stasis

standing still