66. Cancer
See also 122. DISEASE and ILLNESS .
- adenocele
- a cystic tumor that may develop in the glands.
- adenosarcoma
- a malignant glandular tumor of the soft tissues of the body.
- astroblastoma
- a malignant tumor that may invade the brain and spinal cord, especially investing blood vessels.
- astrocytoma
- a brain tumor composed of large, star-shaped cells called astrocytes.
- blastoma
- a neoplasm arising in the blastema, i.e., tissue from which an organ or part is formed. Also blastocytoma.
- cancericidal
- of or pertaining to a chemical or process than can destroy malignant cells.
- cancerophobia
- carcinomophobia.
- cancroid
- 1. of or pertaining to a lesion that resembles cancer.
- 2. a malignant skin cancer.
- carcinectomy
- the surgical removal of a cancer.
- carcinogen
- any natural or artificial substance that can produce or trigger cancer, as arsenic, asbestos, ionizing radiation, ultraviolet rays, x rays, and many derivatives of coal tar. — carcinogenic, adj.
- carcinoid
- a small, yellow tumor that may develop from argentaffin cells in the gastrointestinal mucosa and spread widely throughout the body.
- carcinolysis
- the destruction of malignant cells, as by an antineoplastic drug.
- carcinoma
- 1. a malignant tumor that may spread to surrounding tissue and distant areas of the body.
- 2. any kind of epithelial cancer. — carcinomatous, adj.
- carcinomatosis
- carcinosis.
- carcinomophobia, carcinomatophobia, carcinophobia
- an abnormal fear of cancer. Also called cancerophobia.
- carcinophilia
- an afflnity for cancerous tissue, a property of certain chemical agents. — carcinophilic, adj.
- carcinosis
- 1. an abnormal condition characterized by the growth of numer-ous carcinomas throughout the body. Also carcinomatosis.
- 2. the process of development of carcinoma.
- carcinostatic
- of or pertaining to the slowing or stopping of the growth of a carcinoma.
- celiothelioma
- mesothelioma.
- cerebroma
- any abnormal mass of brain tissue, malignant or benign.
- chemosurgery
- a therapeutic procedure that uses chemicals to destroy pathogenic tissue, especially skin cancers.
- chemotherapy
- a procedure that uses radioisotopes of various elements, as iodine, phosphorus, and gold, to treat cancers of the thyroid gland, lungs, and other organs.
- chloroma
- a malignant, greenish tumor that invades myeloid tissue and fluoresces red under ultraviolet light.
- chondrocarcinoma
- a malignant cartilageous tumor of the epithelium.
- chondrosarcoma
- a malignant cartilageous tumor that most frequently invades the long bones, pelvis, and the scapula.
- chordoma
- a rare congenital tumor of the brain.
- chorioblastoma
- choriocarcinoma.
- choriocarcinoma
- a uterine malignancy that may develop shortly after conception, during pregnancy, or after an abortion. Also called chorioblastoma, chorionic epithelioma .
- comedocarcinoma
- a malignant tumor of the mammary ducts.
- cystoma
- any neoplasm or tumor that contains cysts, especially any such tumor that invades the ovaries.
- cytotechnology
- the study of human cells, especially to detect signs of cancer. — cytotechnologist, n. — cytotechnolqgic, adj.
- erythroleukemia
- a malignancy of the blood characterized by abnormally productive bone marrow and the development of oddly-shaped blood cells.
- glioma
- any of the predominant category of brain tumors composed of cancerous glial cells (a type of nerve cell).
- hepatoma
- a malignant tumor of the liver that most commonly occurs in association with hepatitis or cirrhosis,
- leukemia
- a malignancy of blood-producing tissues, characterized by proliferating immature white blood cells and infiltration of the spleen, liver, and other organs. Also leukocythemia. — leukemie, leukemoid, adj.
- leukocythemia
- leukemia.
- liposarcoma
- a cancerous growth of primitive fat cells. Also called lipoma sarcomatode.
- lymphoma
- a growth of lymphoid tissue that is commonly cancerous and typically enlarges the lymph nodes.
- medulloblastoma
- a malignant tumor that commonly originates in the cere-bellum.
- melanoma
- any malignant growth, especially in the skin, that is composed of melanin-producing cells.
- mesothelioma
- a rare malignant tumor that may invade the linings of the lungs and the abdomen. Also called celiothelioma.
- metastasis
- the spread of malignancies, characterized by the cancerous invasion of the lymphatic system, the blood, and body organs. — metastatic, adj. — metastasize, v.
- neoplasia
- the abnormal proliferation of benign or malignant cells. — neoplastic, adj.
- neoplasm
- the abnormal development of benign or cancerous tissue. — neoplastic, adj.
- neurinoma
- a tumor that develops in a neural sheath and that may become malignant.
- neuroblastoma
- a highly malignant tumor that may develop from the neural plate in an embryo and spread to the bones, liver, and other organs.
- neurosarcoma
- a malignant growth composed of neural, connective, and vascular tissues. Also called malignant neuroma.
- oncogenesis
- the process by which a tumor develops. — oncogenic, adj.
- oncology
- the field of medicine that specializes in the study of tumors.
- osteoclastoma
- a giant cell bone tumor that most commonly develops at the end of a long bone.
- osteosarcoma
- a malignant bone tumor. Also called osteogenic sarcoma .
- retinoblastoma
- a common childhood malignancy of the eye that develops from retinal cells.
- sarcoma
- a rare malignant tumor of the soft tissues that commonly develops in the lower extremities.
- ulocarcinoma
- a malignancy of the gums.
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