| A | B |
|---|
| cancerous | pertaining to cancer |
| carcinogen | substance that causes cancer |
| carcinogenic | producing cancer |
| cyanosis | abn condition of blue |
| diagnosis | state of complete knowledge; identifying disease |
| etiology | study of causes |
| metastasis | beyond control |
| neopathy | new disease |
| oncogenic | producing tumors |
| oncologist | physician who studies and treats tumors |
| oncology | study of tumors |
| pathogenic | producing disease |
| pathologist | physician who studies diseases |
| pathology | study of disease |
| prognosis | state of before knowledge; predicting outcome |
| xanthochromic | pertaining to yellow color |
| xanthosis | abn condition of yellow |
| benign | non-malignant, favorable for recovery |
| carcinoma in situ | cancer in early stages |
| chemotherapy | treatment of cancer with drugs |
| encapsulated | enclosed in a capsule |
| exacerbation | increase in severity of a disease |
| idiopathic | pertaining to disease of unknown origin |
| inflammation | body response; redness, swelling, heat, pain |
| malignant | tending to become worse; causing death |
| radiation therapy | treatment of cancer with radioactive substance |
| remission | improvement or absence of signs of disease |
| iatrogenic | produced by a physician |
| iatrology | study of medicine |
| organic | pertaining to an organ |
| apoptosis | programmed cell death |
| biological therapy | treatment of cancer with biological response modifiers |
| hospice | provides palliative care for terminally ill |
| in vitro | within a glass; observable within test tube |
| in vivo | within the living body |
| morbidity | state of being diseased or unwell |
| mortality | state of being mortal (death) |
| palliative | providing relief but not cure |
