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Anaplastic
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A loss of differentiation of cells and their orientation to one another; a characteristic of malignant tumor tissue
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Benign
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A condition that, if untreated or with treated with symptomatic therapy, will not become life threatening
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Benign tumor
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A tumor that is not malignant; favorable for treatment and recovery
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Carcinoma
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A malignant tumor of epithelial tissue origin
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Central
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Occurring within the bone. In oral pathology a lesion occurring within the maxilla or mandible
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Dysplasia
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Disordered growth; alteration in size shape, and organization of adult cells or structure
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Encapsulated
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Surrounded by a capsule of fibrous connective tissue
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Enucleation
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Surgical removal without cutting into the lesion
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Excision
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Surgical removal
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Hyperchromatic
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Staining more intensely than normal
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Hyperplasia
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Abnormal increase in the number of cells in an organ or tissue
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Immunoglobulin
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A protein, also called an antibody, synthesized by plasma cells in response to a specific antigen
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In situ
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Confined to the site of origin without invasion of neighboring tissues
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Invasion
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infiltration and active destruction of surrounding tissues
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Leukoplakia
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clinical term used to identify a white, plaquelike lesion of the oral mucosa that cannot be wiped off or diagnosed as any other disease
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Malignant
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Resistant to treatment; able to metastasize and kill the host; describing cancer
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Malignant tumor
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Caner; a tumor that is resistant to treatment and may cause death; a tumor that has the potential for uncontrolled growth and dissemination or recurrence, or both
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Metastasis
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transport of neoplastic cells to parts of the body remote from the primary tumor and the establishment of new tumors at those sites
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Metastatic tumor
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tumor formed by cells that have been transported from the primary tumor to sites not connected with the original tumor
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Mitotic figure
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Dividing cells caught in the process of mitosis
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Neoplasia
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New growth; the formation oftumors by the uncontrolled proliferation of cells
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Neoplastic
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Pertaining to the formation of tumors by the uncontrolled proliferation of cells
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Neoplasm
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Tumor; a new growth of tissue in which growth is uncontrolled and progressive
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Nevus
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Circumscribed malformation of the skin or oral mucosa presumed to be of hereditary origin; also, a benign tumor of melanocytes (nevus cells).
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Odontogenic
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tooth forming
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Oncology
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study of tumors or neoplasms
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pedunculated
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attached by a stalk
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peripheral
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Occurring outside of bone
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pleomorphic
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occurring in various forms
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primary tumor
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original tumor; the source of metastasis
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sarcoma
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malignant tumor of connective tissue
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sessile
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attached by a base
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tumor
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Neoplasm; also, a swelling or enlargement
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undifferentiated
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absence of normal differentiation; anaplasia; a characteristic of some malignant tumors
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