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Cells, Tissues & Cancer Symptoms and Signs

  1. anaplasia (an ah PLAY zee ah)
    a loss of stuctural organization ina tissue that is permanent
  2. dysplasia (diss PLAY zee ah)
    abnormal tissue devlopment
  3. hyperplasia (high per PLAY zee ah)
    an increase in the number of cells in a tissue other than by tumor development
  4. metastasis (meh TASS tah siss)
    the spreading of cancer cells from the primary tumor
  5. remission (ree MISH unn)
    improvement or absence of signs of disease
Author
JenniferWAnderson
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Card Set
Cells, Tissues & Cancer Symptoms and Signs
Description
Ch 3 p 64-85
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