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Question 1

afebrile

Answer 1

without fever

Question 2

apoptosis

Answer 2

programmed cell death, a mechanism for cell deletion to regulate cell population or destroy damaged/defective cells

Question 3

benign

Answer 3

not malignant, nonrecurrent, favorable for recovery

Question 4

biological therapy

Answer 4

reatment of cancer with biological response modifiers (BRM) that work with the immune system

Question 5

carcinoma in situ

Answer 5

cancer in the early stage before invading surrounding tissue

Question 6

chemotherapy (chemo)

Answer 6

treatment of cancer with drugs

Question 7

encapsulated

Answer 7

enclosed within a capsule, as with benign or malignant tumors that have not spread beyond the capsule of the organ in which it originated

Question 8

exacerbation

Answer 8

increase in the severity of a disease or its symptoms

Question 9

febrile

Answer 9

having a fever

Question 10

hospice

Answer 10

provides palliative or supportive care for terminally ill patients and their families

Question 11

idiopathic

Answer 11

pertaining to disease of unknown origin

Question 12

inflammation

Answer 12

localized protective response to injury or issue destruction characterized by redness, swelling, heat, and pain

Question 13

in vitro

Answer 13

outside the body or in a lab setting

Question 14

in vivo

Answer 14

within the living body

Question 15

malignant

Answer 15

tending to become progressively worse and to cause death, as in cancer

Question 16

morbidity

Answer 16

state of being diseased; incidence of illness in a population

Question 17

palliative

Answer 17

providing relief but not cure

Question 18

radiation therapy (XRT)

Answer 18

treatment of cancer with a radioactive substance, x-ray, or radiation

Question 19

remission

Answer 19

improvement or absence of signs of disease

Question 20

Fowler position

Answer 20

semi-siting position with slight elevation of the knees

Question 21

lateral recumbent position

Answer 21

lying on side; right and left precede the term to indicate the patient’s side

Question 22

lithotomy position

Answer 22

lying on back with legs raised and feet in stirrups, hips and knees flexed, thighs abducted and externally rotated

Question 23

orthopnea position

Answer 23

sitting upright in a chair or in bed supported by pillows behind the back

Question 24

prone position

Answer 24

lying on abdomen, facing downward

Question 25

recumbent position

Answer 25

lying down in any position

Question 26

Sims position

Answer 26

lying on side in semi-prone position with the knee drawn up toward the chest and arm drawn behind parallel to back

Question 27

supine position

Answer 27

lying on back, facing upward aka dorsal recumbent position

Question 28

Trendelenburg position

Answer 28

lying on back with body tilted so that the head is lower than feet