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Patient Synopsis- Exam: Part 2 (14 points, 5 point per cell) 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 C ombining form Suffix Brief definition oncologist Type text here. Type text here. T ype text here. Type text here. biopsy Type text here. Type text here. Type text here. Type text here, diagnosis Type text here. Type text here. Type text here. Type text here. carcinoma Type text here. Type text here. Type text here, Type text here ecdsion Type text here. Type text here. Type text here. Type text here. prognosis Type text here, Type text Type text here. Type text here, here. pathology Type text here Type text here. Type text here Type text here.

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TERM	PREFIX	COMBINING FORM	SUFFIX	BRIEF DEFINITION
Oncologist	onc/o - tumor	--------------------	ist - specialist	one who treats tumor or cancer
Biopsy	bi/o - life	------------------	opsy - view of	view of the tissue.
Diagnosis	dia - complete	gnos/o - knowledge	osis- disease/condition	knowledge of disease
Carcinoma	---------------	carcin - cancer	oma - tumor	cancer of epithelial tissue
Excision	---------	ectomy - surgical removal	------------------	removal
Prognosis	pro - before	gnos/o - knowledge	osis- disease/condition	knowledge beforehand
Pathology	path/o - disease	path/o - disease	ology - study/science of	study of disease