Chapter 19-2: Cancer Medicine (Oncology)—Part 2
Chabner: The Language of Medicine, 11th Edition
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Give the accented syllable in the following terms (for example: anemia = ne, diagnosis =
no, endocrine = en).
1. Papillary: __________
2. Exenteration: __________
3. Cauterization: __________
4. Laparoscopy: __________
5. Anaplasia: __________
6. Alkylating: __________
7. Adjuvant: __________
8. Pedunculated: __________
9. Antimetabolites: __________
10. Mucinous: __________
11. adenocarcinoma: __________
12. osteosarcoma: __________
13. benign: __________
14. differentiation: __________
15. neoplasm: __________
16. relapse: __________
17. morbidity: __________
18. protocol: __________
19. modality: __________
20. remission: __________
21. adjuvant chemotherapy: __________
Select the term that is spelled correctly and give its meaning.
22. A. retinoblastoma
B. retinoblasoma
A or B: _____ meaning: __________
23. A. metastasis
B. matestasis
A or B: _____ meaning: __________
24. A. bengine
B. benign
A or B: _____ meaning: __________
25. A. chemotherapy
B. chemotheraphy
A or B: _____ meaning: __________
26. A. oncology
B. onkocology
A or B: _____ meaning: __________
27. A. malignent
B. malignant
A or B: _____ meaning: __________
28. A. carsinoma in situ
B. carcinoma in situ
A or B: _____ meaning: __________
29. A. hyperplasia
B. hyperplayzea
A or B: _____ meaning: __________
30. A. displastic
B. dysplastic
A or B: _____ meaning: __________
31. A. polypoid
B. polipoid
A or B: _____ meaning: __________
Give the meaning of the following abbreviations.
32. MoAb: __________
33. Gy: __________
34. VEGF: __________
35. PSCT: __________
36. TNM: __________
37. EPO: __________
38. CSF: __________
39. XRT: __________
40. bx: __________
41. mets: __________