6–62 Cancer (CA) is a general term used to indicate various types of malignant
neoplasms. Most cancers invade surrounding tissues and metastasize (spread) to
other sites in the body. The CF for canceris carcin/o.
Combine carcin/o+ -omato build a word that means cancerous tumor.
____________________ / __________6–63 CA, especially sarc/oma, can recur even though the tumor is excised.
Ultimately, it may cause death. Whenever you see CA in a medical report, you will
know it means ____________________.6–64 Cancer/ous means pertaining to cancer.Identify the adjective element that
means pertaining to.
__________6–65 A carcin/oma is a tumor that is ____________________.6–66 The largest group of carcin/omas are solid tumors derived from epithelial
tissue, which is the tissue that lines the surfaces of the body. It includes the skin and
the tissues that line the internal organs, including the digestive organs.
Analyze carcin/oma by defining the elements
carcin:____________________
-oma:____________________6–67 Epi- means above, upon.Epi/gastr/ic pain may result from an acute
form of gastr/itis.
Identify words in this frame that mean
inflammation of the stomach:____________________ / __________
pertaining to above or upon the stomach:
__________ / ____________________ / __________6–68 Emesis is a term that means vomiting;however, it may also be used as a
suffix. A symptomatic term that means excessive vomitingis
hyper / ____________________.6–69 Hyper/emesis is characterized by excessive vomiting. Unless treated, it can
lead to malnutrition.
Determine elements in this frame that mean
excessive, above normal:____________________
vomiting:____________________Boldfaceindicates a word root or combining form. Blueindicates a suffix. Pinkindicates a prefix.
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cancerous ormalignantcarcin/oma
kăr-sĭ-NŌ-măcancer-ouscancertumorgastr/itis
găs-TRī-tĭsepi/gastr/ic
ĕp-ĭ-GĂS-trĭkhyper/emesis
hī-pĕr-ĔM-ĕ-sĭshyper--emesis