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a slow-growing, invasive, but usually non-metastasizing neoplasm of the epidermis or hair follicles, most commonly arising in damaged skin of the elderly and fair-skinned.
denoting the mild character of an illness or the nonmalignant character of a neoplasm.
1. Process of removing tissue from living patients for diagnostic examination. 2. A specimen obtained by biopsy.
the most superficial or outermost layer of the skin.
the act of cutting out; the surgical removal of part or all of a structure or organ. Synonymous with “resection.”
one of numerous round, oval, or bean-shaped bodies located along the course of lymphatic vessels. Involved in immune response to foreign invaders of the body.
1. Resistant to treatment; occurring in severe form and frequently fatal; tending to become worse. 2. In reference to a neoplasm, having the properties of locally invasive and destructive growth and metastasis.
a pigment-producing cell located in the epidermis with branching processes by means of which melanosomes are transferred to epidermal cells, resulting in pigmentation of the epidermis.
a malignant neoplasm, arising most commonly in the skin or in the eye. Occurs mostly in adults and may originate on its own or from a mole.
the generally oval pigment granule produced by melanocytes.
1. The shifting of a disease or its local manifestations, from one part of the body to another. 2. The spread of a disease process from one part of the body to another, as in the appearance of neoplasms in parts of the body remote from the site of the primary tumor.
abnormal tissue that grows more rapidly than normal tissue and continues to do so despite removal of the stimulus that initiated the growth. Synonymous with “tumor.”
the site of the original tumor.
a factor that significantly increases risk for an event (e.g. skin cancer) to occur.
a malignant neoplasm.
1. Any swelling 2. Synonymous with neoplasm
one type of electromagnetic wave produced by the sun which is at a higher frequency than the visible spectrum (the range in which humans can see).
Reference: Stedman's Concise Medical Dictionary For The Health Profession - 4th Edition
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