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A cancer that develops from the cells that line the lymph or blood vessels usually appearing as tumors on the skin or on surfaces inside the mouth and other parts of the body such as the digestive tract is termed:

________ is the Latin word for “new growth” that refers to an abnormal proliferation of cells.

Match each of the following terms with the correct definition.  Each response will be used only once.

Approximately 60% of AIDS victims will experience which of the following types of pneumonia?

A carcinoma is best described as a:

Which classification of diseases is passed from one generation to the next?

The development of an infection at an acute care facility is termed:

A ________ is the identification of a disease process and the ________ is the probable patient outcome.

These make up the 44 chromosomes that contain thousands of genes with the exception of the X or Y chromosome.

Disease processes that decrease thickness, tissue density, and/or atomic number are referred to as ____ conditions because they ____ attenuation.