ONCOLOGY

WORD HISTORY

• GREEK ROOT WORD "ONKOS" MEANING BULK, MASS OR TUMOR.
• THE SUFFIX IS LOGY, MEANING "THE STUDY OF."
• Oncology is the study of abnormal masses or tumors in the body.

WHAT ITS ABOUT

• Oncology's main purpose is to study neoplasms in the body
• A neoplasm is an abnormal growth of new tissue that can be classified as malignant or benign
• The Greek root word "neo" means new and the suffix "plasm" means "forming cells"

MALIGNANT AND BENIGN

• A malignant neoplasm is composed of cells that are invasive and spread to remote regions of the body. "Cancerous"
• A benign neoplasm is a growth that is composed of the same type of cells of the tissue it is growing upon. "Non-cancerous"

A MALIGNANT DEATH

• Metastasis happens when malignant neoplasms enter the blood and lymph vessels.
• These neoplasms eventually reach parts of the body to form second tumors
• "CANCER" CA
• The Greek root word meta means "after or behind" and the suffix stasis means "slowing"

GET RID OF IT?!

• Immunotherapy or combined modality treatment are both ways to eliminate cancerous tumors.
• Immunotherapy "bio therapy" stimulated the bodies' immune defenses to fight cancer.
• Greek word immun means to "protect" and suffix "therapy" means treatment.
• Combined modality treatment is a combo of immunotherapy and either chemo or radiation.

OTHER MEANS OF ONCOLOGY

DERMATOMYCOSIS

• A superficial fungal infection on the skin
• Greek root word "derma" meaning skin, and mycosis meaning "fungi"

ECZEMA

ERYTHEMA

• Abnormal redness of the skin due to inflammation
• Greek root word ery meaning "dry" and ema meaning hard swelling

ESCHAR

IMPETIGO

• A contagious skin disease caused by streptococcal bacteria.
• Is it marked by a superficial pustular eruption, mostly on the face
• From the Latin definition "scabby eruption"

LICE

• Pediculous!
• Pediculo meaning lice and osis meaning process.

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