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