| Clinical Procedures | Pathology | Abbreviations | Terminology | Wild Card |
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What is a core needle biopsy?
Placement of a large bone that extracts a thin core of tissue.
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What is a verrucous?
Resembling wart like growth.
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What is AFP?
Alpha-fetoprotein.
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What is onc/o?
Tumor
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What is -blastoma?
Immature tumor
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What is myelosuppression?
Bone marrow suppression.
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What is a papillary?
Forming small, finger like or nipple like projections of cells.
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What is BMT?
Bone marrow transplantation.
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What is necr/o?
Death.
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What is RNA?
Ribonucleic acid
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What is radioresistant tumor?
Tumor that requires large doses of radiation to produce death of cells.
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What is a medullary?
Large, soft, fleshy tumors.
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What is CEA?
Carcinoembryonic antigen.
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What is -genesis?
Formation
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What is excisional biopsy?
Removal of tumor and a margin of normal tissue.
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What is xerostomia?
Dryness of mouth.
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What is a follicular?
Forming small glandular sacs.
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What is DNA?
Deoxyribonucleic acid.
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What is -suppression?
To stop
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What is diffuse?
Spreading evenly throughout the affected tissue.
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What is simulation?
study prior to radiation therapy using CT scan and/or MRI.
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What is a scirrhous?
Densely packed tumors due to dense bands of fibrous tissue.
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What is EPO?
Erythropoietin
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What is ana-?
Backward
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What are two ways to turn normal cells into malignant cells.
Environmental Agents and Heredity.
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