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onc

tumor

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carcin

cancer

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cyt

cell

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epitheli

epithelium

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hist

tissue

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lip

fat

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my

muscle

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neur

nerves

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path

disease

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plasm

growth

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sarc

flesh or connective tissue

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stasis

stop or control

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viscer

internal organs

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-al

pertaining to

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-genic

producing or causing

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-logist

specialist (physician) who studies and treats

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-logy

the study of

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-oid

resembling

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-oma

tumor

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-a, -e, -y

no meaning

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meta-

beyond

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neo-

new

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-itis

inflammation

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intra-

within

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ven

vein

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-ous

pertaining to

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oste

bone

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arthr

joint

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trache

trachea

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poly

many

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cyt

cell

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dx

diagnosis

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px

prognosis

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chemo

chemotherapy

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CA

cancer

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METS

metastasis

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XRT

radiation therapy

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anatomic position

face forward, feet front and palms forward

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anter

front

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caud

tail (downward)

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cephal

head (upward)

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dist

away (from the point of attachment of a body part)

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dors

back

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infer

below

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later

side

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medi

middle

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poster

back or behind

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proxim

near (the point of attachment of a body part)

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super

above

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ventr

belly (front)

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-ad

toward

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-ic or -ior

pertaining to

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transverse

________

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sagittal

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benign

not cancerous, but are deadly because they grow very big

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chemotherapy

treatment of cancer by using pharmaceuticals; AB- chemo

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diagnosis

identification of a disease

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inflammation

protective response of body tissue characterized by redness, swelling, heat and pain

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malignant

tending to become progressively worse, possibly resulting in death

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prognosis

prediction of a possible outcome of a disease

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radiation therapy

treatment of cancer with a radioactive substance; X-ray or radiation

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remission

lessening or absence of signs of disease

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acr

extremities (arms and legs)

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cutane

skin

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derm

skin

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dermat

skin

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myc

fungus

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onych

nail

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cyan

blue

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erythr

red

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leuk

white

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melan

black

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xanth

yellow

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-osis

abnormal condition

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-tomy

incision into

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epi-

on, upon or over

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hypo-

below, deficient, under

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intra-

within

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per-

through

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sub-

below or under

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biopsy

removal of living tissue to be viewed under a microscope for diagnostic purposes; AB- bx

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edema

puffy swelling of tissue from the accumulation of fluid

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laceration

torn, ragged-edged wound

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lesion

any visible change in tissue resulting from injury or disease

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