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Colon Cancer Glossary
Terms used to explain Colorectal Cancer can sometimes be confusing. To help you fully understand the articles and features related to this very important health topic, we have compiled a glossary of terms that can help.
pl -mas
also -ma*ta
Pronunciation: \-mət-ə\
: a malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium
Function: noun
pl -mas
also -ma*ta
Pronunciation: \-mət-ə\
: a benign tumor of a glandular structure or of glandular origin
pl -sies
: the removal and examination of tissue, cells, or fluids from the living body
pl -pies
: the use of chemical agents in the treatment or control of disease or mental disorder
pl -pies
: endoscopic examination of the colon <transabdominal colonoscopy with a sigmoidoscope via colotomy>
: an illuminated usu. fiber-optic flexible or rigid tubular instrument for visualizing the interior of a hollow organ or part (as the bladder or esophagus) for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes that typically has one or more channels to enable passage of instruments (as forceps or scissors)
FOBT
Function: abbreviation
fecal occult blood test; fecal occult blood testing
lymph nodule
Function: noun
: a small simple lymph node
1: tending to produce death or deterioration <malignant malaria> ; esp: tending to infiltrate, metastasize, and terminate fatally <malignant tumors> compare benign 1
2: of unfavorable prognosis : not responding favorably to treatment <psychotic reactions with a malignant trend>
1: the smooth muscular layer of the wall of various more or less contractile organs (as the bladder)
2: the thin layer of smooth muscle that forms part of a mucous membrane (as in the esophagus)
: a projecting mass of swollen and hypertrophied or tumorous membrane (as in the nasal cavity or the intestine) —called also polypus
radiation therapy
Function: noun
: see: radiotherapy
sigmoid colon
Function: noun
: the contracted and crooked part of the colon immediately above the rectum —called also pelvic colon, sigmoid flexure
pl -pies
: the process of using a sigmoidoscope —called also proctosigmoidoscopy
1: vibrations of the same physical nature as sound but with frequencies above the range of human hearing compare infrasound
2: the diagnostic or therapeutic use of ultrasound and esp. a noninvasive technique involving the formation of a two-dimensional image used for the examination and measurement of internal body structures and the detection of bodily abnormalities —called also echography, sonography, ultrasonography
3: a diagnostic examination using ultrasound
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