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having a blue color Greek κύανος, κυάνεος (kúanos, kuáneos, blue, of the color blue) cyanopsia, cyanosis: cycl-circle, cycle Greek κύκλος (kúklos) cyclosis, cyclops, tricycle cyph(o)-denotes something as bent (uncommon as a prefix) Greek κυφός (kuphós), bent, hunchback cyphosis: cyst(o)-, cyst(i)-
The following is a list of cancer types. Cancer is a group of diseases that involve abnormal increases in the number of cells, with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. [1] Not all tumors or lumps are cancerous; benign tumors are not classified as being cancer because they do not spread to other parts of the body. [1]
Small blue round cells of Ewing Sarcoma Display of small round blue cells characteristic of desmoplastic small round cell tumour.. In histopathology, a small-blue-round-cell tumour (abbreviated SBRCT), also known as a small-round-blue-cell tumor (SRBCT) or a small-round-cell tumour (SRCT), is any one of a group of malignant neoplasms that have a characteristic appearance under the microscope ...
The mesothelioma is indicated by yellow arrows, the central pleural effusion (fluid collection) is marked with a yellow star. Red numbers: (1) right lung, (2) spine, (3) left lung, (4) ribs, (5) descending part of the aorta, (6) spleen, (7) left kidney, (8) right kidney, (9) liver. Micrograph of a pleural fluid cytopathology specimen showing ...
The word melanoma has a long history of being used in a broader sense to refer to any melanocytic tumor, typically, but not always malignant, [170] [171] but today the narrower sense referring only to malignant types has become so dominant that benign tumors are usually not called melanomas anymore and the word melanoma is now usually taken to ...
It is called RB for short. Check photographs, normal healthy eyes would have the red eye reflex, but a white/yellow dot instead of the red eye reflex can indicate a tumor or some other kind of eye disease. Any photos of a child/children which have a white/yellow dot instead of the red eye reflex should be evaluated by an eye doctor.
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The word neoplastic itself comes from Greek neo 'new' and plastic 'formed, molded'. [citation needed] The term tumor derives from the Latin noun tumor 'a swelling', ultimately from the verb tumēre 'to swell'. In the British Commonwealth, the spelling tumour is commonly used, whereas in the U.S. the word is usually spelled tumor. [citation needed]