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133 Cards in this Set
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Aden/o
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gland
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Cyt/o
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cell
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Epitheli/o
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epithelium
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Fibr/o
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fiber
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Hist/o
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tissue
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Kary/o
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nucleus
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Lip/o
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fat
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My/o
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muscle
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Neur/o
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nerve
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Organ/o
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organ
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Sarc/o
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flesh, connective tissue
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System/o
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system
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Viscer/o
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internal organs
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Cancer/o, carcin/o
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cancer
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Eti/o
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cause (of disease)
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gno/o
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knowledge
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iatr/o
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physician, medicine
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lei/o
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smooth
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onc/o
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tumor, mass
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path/o
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disease
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Rhabd/o
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rod-shaped, striated
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Somat/o
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body
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Chlor/o
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green
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Chrom/o
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color
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Cyan/o
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blue
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Erythr/o
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red
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Leuk/o
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white
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Melan/o
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black
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Xanth/o
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yellow
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dia-
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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-
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before
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-al, -ic, -ous
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pertaining to
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-cyte
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cell
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-gen
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substance or agent that produces or causes
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-genesis
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origin, cause
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-genic
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producing, originating, causing
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-logist
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one who studies and treats (specialist, physician)
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-logy
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study of
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-oid
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resembling
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-oma
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tumor, swelling
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-osis
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abnormal condition
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-pathy
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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
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control, stop, standing
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Adenocarcinoma
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cancerous tumor of glandular tissue
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Adenoma
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tumor composed of glandular tissue
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Carcinoma
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cancerous tumor (malignant)
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Chloroma
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tumor of green color
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Epithelioma
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tumor composed of epithelium
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Fibroma
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tumor composed of fiber
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Fibrosarcoma
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malignant tumor composed of fiber
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Leiomyoma
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tumor composed of smooth muscle
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Leiomyosarcoma
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malignant tumor of smooth muscle
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Lipoma
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tumor composed of fat
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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
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Melanoma
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black tumor (primarily of the 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 (highly malignant)
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Cytogenic
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producing cells
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Cytoid
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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
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red (blood) cell
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Erythrocytosis
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increase in number of red (blood) cells
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Histology
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study of tissue
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Hyperplasia
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excessive development
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Hypoplasia
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incomplete development
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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
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white (blood) cell
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Leukocytosis
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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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originating 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 the 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
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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 (transfer of disease from one organ to another, as in the 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
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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
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Pathology
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study of disease
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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 yellow color
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Xanthosis
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abnormal condition of yellow (discoloration)
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Ca
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carcinoma
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chemo
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chemotherapy
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Dx
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diagnosis
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mets
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metastasis
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Px
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prognosis
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RBC
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red blood cell
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XRT
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radiation therapy
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WBC
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white blood cell
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Arthr
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joint
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Hepat
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liver
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Ven
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vein
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Oste
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bone
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Intra-
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within
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Sub-
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under
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-itis
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inflammation
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-ic
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pertaining to
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-ous
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pertaining to
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-pathy
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disease
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-megaly
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enlargement
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