| A | B |
|---|
| cystic | forming large open spaces filled with fluid |
| mucinous tumors | tumors filled with a thick, sticky fluid |
| serous tumors | tumors filed with a thin, watery fluid resembling serum |
| fungating | mushrooming pattern of growth in which tumor cells pile one on top o another an project from a tissue surface |
| inflammatory | having the features of inflammation; redness, swelling, and heat |
| medullary | pertaining to large, soft, fleshy tumors. Thyroid and breast tumors may be medullary. |
| necrotic | containing dead tissue. Tumor that outgrows its blood supply and undegoes necrosis. |
| polypoid | growths that are like projections extending outward from a base |
| sessile | polypoid tumors that extend from a broad base |
| pedunculated | polypoid tumors extend from a stem or stalk |
| ulcerating | characterized by an open, exposed furface resulting from death of overlying tissue |
| verrucous | resembling a wart-like growth |
| alveolar | tumor cells form patterns resembling small, microsopic sacs; commonly found in tumors of musle, bone, fat, and cartilage. |
| carcioma in situ | referring to localized tumor cells that have not invaded adjaent structures. Cancer of the cervix may begin as carcinoma in situ. |
| difuse | spreading evnly throughout the affectd tissue. |
| dysplastic | pertaining to abnormal formation of cells |
| epidermoid | resembling squamous epithelial cells, often occuring in the respiratory tract |
| follicular | forming small, microscopic, gland-type sacs. |
| nodular | forming multiple areas of tightly packed clusters of cels with lightly populated areas in between |
| papillary | forming small, finger-like or nipple-like projections of cells |
| pleomorphic | composed of a variety of types of cells |
| scirrhous | densely packed tumors, overgrown with fibrous tissue |
| undifferentiated | lacking microscopic structures typical of normal mature cells |
| well differentiated | structure typical (closely resembles the normal parent tisssue of their origin) of normal mature cells |
