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Deconstruct each of the seven red, bolded terms below by breaking them down into their component parts and then provide a definition. The patient is a 66 year old male who has an oozing lesion on his left earlobe. The area appeared to be healing but then reopened with renewed exudation which occasioned him to seek medical care. He reports a history of working in road construction for many years, with minimal attempts to protect himself from exposure to the sun. The patient was referred to an oncologist by his family! physician. Following examination, a sample of tissue from the lesion was obtained for biopsy. The report came back with a diagnosis of basal cell carcinoma. The patient will undergo excision of the lesion. The prognosis after treatment is pending the pathology report following the surgery. Term Prefix if any combining form Suffix Brief definition oncologist Type text here. Type text here. Type text here. Type text here. biopsy Type text Type text here. Type text here. Type text here. here diagnosis Type text here. Type text here. T ype text here. Type text here carcinoma Type text here - Type text here. Type text here, Type text here. excision Type text here. Type text here. Type text here. Type text here. prognosis Type text Type text here Type text here, Type text here. pathology Type text here. Type text here Type text here. Type text here Focus

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TERM	PRFIX IF ANY	COMBINING FORM	SUFFIX	BRIEF DEFINITION
Oncologist	Onkos (mass or bulk) modern term onco (tumor)	onc/o	logist (one who studies or specializes)	Defined as a medical practitioner qualified to dignose and treat tumor.
Biopsy	bios(life)	Bi/o ; o/psy	opsy (examination or inspection)	Defined as the removal of sample of tissue for examination under a microscope to check for cancer cells or other abnormalities.
Diagnosis	dia (passing through)	gnos/o (knowledge)	iasis (formation of )	Defined as the identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms.
Carcinoma	carcin(o) (cancer)	carcin/o , cancer/o	oma (tumor,abnormal growth)	Defined as a cancer arising in the epithelial tissue of the skin or of the lining of the internal organs.
Excision	ex (out)	ecto- outer	ectomy (removal)	Defined as the action of excissing something.
Prognosis	pro(before)	-gnos/o (knowledge)	osis (condition,increase, disorder)	It is an opinion,based on medical experience,of the likely course of a medical condition.
Pathology	patho (suffering or disease)	path/o	pathy (disease or anomaly)	Known as the science of the causes and effects of diseases,espesially the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic purposes.