Medical Terminology, Chapter Two, Complementary
cyanosis
abnormal condition of blue (bluish discoloration, especially of the skin, caused by inadequate supply of oxygen in the blood)
xanthosis
abnormal condition of yellow (discoloration)
metastasis (mets)
beyond control (transfer of cells from one organ to another, as in malignant tumors)
oncogenic
causing tumors
organic
pertaining to an organ
cancerous
pertaining to cancer
xanthochromic
pertaining to yellow color
oncologist
physician who studies and treats (malignant) tumors
pathologist
physician who studies diseases (examines biopsies and performs autopsies to determine the cause of disease or death)
iatrogenic
produced by a physician (the unexpected results from a treatment prescribed by a physician)
carcinogenic
producing cancer
pathogenic
producing disease
prognosis (Px)
state of before knowledge (prediction of the outcome of disease)
diagnosis (Dx)
state of complete knowledge (identifying a disease)
etiology
study of causes (of diseases)
pathology
study of disease (a branch of medicine dealing with the study of the causes of disease and death)
iatrology
study of medicine
oncology
study of tumors (a branch of medicine concerned with the study of malignant tumors)
carcinogen
substance that causes cancer