Chapter 2 - Body Structure, Color, Oncology

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aden/o

Back 1

gland

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cancer/o, carcin/o

Back 2

cancer

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chlor/o

Back 3

green

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chrom/o

Back 4

color

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cyan/o

Back 5

blue

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cyt/o

Back 6

cell

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epitheli/o

Back 7

epithelium

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erythr/o

Back 8

red

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eti/o

Back 9

cause (of disease)

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fibr/o

Back 10

fiber

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gno/o

Back 11

knowledge

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hist/o

Back 12

tissue

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iatr/o

Back 13

physician, medicine (also means treatment)

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kary/o

Back 14

nucleus

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lei/o

Back 15

smooth

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leuk/o

Back 16

white

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lip/o

Back 17

fat

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melan/o

Back 18

black

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my/o

Back 19

muscle

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neur/o

Back 20

nerve

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onc/o

Back 21

tumor, mass

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organ/o

Back 22

organ

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path/o

Back 23

disease

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rhabd/o

Back 24

rod-shaped, striated

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sarc/o

Back 25

flesh, connective tissue

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somat/o

Back 26

body

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system/o

Back 27

system

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viscer/o

Back 28

internal organs

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xanth/o

Back 29

yellow

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dia-

Back 30

through, complete

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dys-

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painful, abnormal, difficult, labored

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hyper-

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above, excessive

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hypo-

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below, incomplete, deficient

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meta-

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after, beyond, change

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neo-

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new

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pro-

Back 36

before

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-al, -ic, -ous

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pertaining to

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-cyte

Back 38

cell

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-gen

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substance or agent that produces or causes

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-genic

Back 40

producing, originating, causing

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-logist

Back 41

one who studies and treats (specialist, physician)

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-logy

Back 42

study of

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-oid

Back 43

resembling

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-oma

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tumor, swelling

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-osis

Back 45

abnormal condition

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-pathy

Back 46

disease

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-plasia

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condition of formation, development, growth

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-plasm

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growth, substance, formation

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-sarcoma

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malignant tumor

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-sis

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state of

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-stasis

Back 51

control, stop, standing

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adenocarcinoma

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cancerous tumor of a glandular tissue

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adenoma

Back 53

tumor composed of glandular tissue (benign)

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carcinoma (CA)

Back 54

cancerous tumor (malignant)

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chloroma

Back 55

tumor of green color (malignant, arising from myeloid tissue)

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epithelioma

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tumor composed of epithelium (may be benign or malignant)

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fibroma

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tumor composed of fiber (fibrous tissue) (benign)

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fibrosarcoma

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malignant tumor composed of fiber (fibrous tissue)

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leiomyoma

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tumor composed of smooth muscle (benign)

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leiomyosarcoma

Back 60

malignant tumor of smooth muscle

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lipoma

Back 61

tumor composed of fat (benign)

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liposarcoma

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malignant tumor of fat

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melanocarcinoma

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cancerous black tumor (malignant)

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melanoma

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black tumor (primarily of skin)

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myoma

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tumor composed of muscle (benign)

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neoplasm

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new growth (of abnormal tissue or tumor)

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neuroma

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tumor composed of nerve (benign)

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rhabdomyoma

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tumor composed of striated muscle (benign)

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rhabdomyosarcoma

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malignant tumor of striated muscle

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sarcoma

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tumor of connective tissue (such as bone or cartilage) (highly malignant)

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cytogenic

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producing cells

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cytoid

Back 72

resembling a cell

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cytology

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study of cells

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cytoplasm

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cell substance

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dysplasia

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abnormal development

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epithelial

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pertaining to epithelium

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erythrocyte (RBC)

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red (blood) cell

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erythrocytosis

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increase in the number of red (blood) cells

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histology

Back 79

study of tissue

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hyperplasia

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excessive development (number of cells)

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hypoplasia

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incomplete development (of an organ or tissues)

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karyocyte

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cell with a nucleus

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karyoplasm

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substance of a nucleus

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leukocyte (WBC)

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white (blood) cell

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leukocytosis

Back 85

increase in the number of white (blood) cells

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lipoid

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resembling fat

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myopathy

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disease of the muscle

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neuroid

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resembling a nerve

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somatic

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pertaining to the body

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somatogenic

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origination in the body (organic as opposed to psychologic)

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somatopathy

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disease of the body

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somatoplasm

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body substance

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systemic

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pertaining to a (body) system (or the body as a whole)

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visceral

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pertaining to internal organs

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cancerous

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pertaining to cancer

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carcinogen

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substance that causes cancer

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carcinogenic

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producing cancer

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cyanosis

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abnormal condition of blue (bluish discoloration of the skin caused by inadequate supply of oxygen in the blood)

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diagnosis (Dx)

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state of complete knowledge (identifying a disease)

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etiology

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study of causes (of diseases)

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iatrogenic

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produced by a physician (the unexpected results from a treatment prescribed by a physician)

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iatrology

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study of medicine

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metastasis (mets)

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beyond control (spread of a disease from one organ to another, as in transfer of malignant tumors)

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neopathy

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new disease

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oncogenic

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causing tumors

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oncologist

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a physician who studies and treats tumors

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oncology

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study of tumors (a branch of medicine concerned with the study of malignant tumors)

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organic

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pertaining to an organ

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organoid

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resembling an organ

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pathogenic

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producing disease

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pathologist

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a physician who studies diseases (examines biopsies and performs autopsies to determine the cause of disease or death)

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pathology

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study of disease (a branch of medicine dealing with the study of the causes of disease and death)

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prognosis (Px)

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state of before knowledge (prediction of the outcome of disease)

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xanthochromic

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pertaining to the color yellow

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xanthosis

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abnormal condition of yellow (discoloration)

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benign

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not malignant, nonrecurrent, favorable for recovery

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carcinoma in situ

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cancer in the early state before invading surrounding tissue

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chemotherapy (chemo)

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treatment of cancer with drugs

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encapsulated

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enclosed in a capsule, as with benign tumors

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exacerbation

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increase in severity of a disease or its symptoms

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idiopathic

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pertaining to disease of unknown origin

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inflammation

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response to injury or destruction of tissue characterized by redness, swelling, heat, and pain

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in vitro

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within a glass, observable within a test tube

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in vivo

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within the living body

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malignant

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

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radiation therapy (XRT)

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treatment of cancer with a radioactive substance, x-ray, or radiation (also called radiation oncology or radiotherapy)

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remission

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improvement or absence of signs of disease