a
abdomen
(ab-do-men)
The area of the body from the
chest to the lower part of the tummy
alcohol
(el-koh-hall)
A substance found in beer and
wine. Too much of it will make you drunk. It is also
no good for the liver as it contains poisonous substances
that the liver finds it hard to get rid off.
artery
(are-ter-ree)
A tube that carries blood away
from the heart to the rest of body.
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benign
(bee-nine)
Tumor
that is not cancerous and does not harm the body is
benign. (Opposite of malignant)
bile
(by-ile)
A greenish-yellow liquid made
by the liver that helps to break up fats in the food
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c
cancer cells (can-ser
sells)
Our bodies are made of cells,
and each organ is made of different cells. When healthy
cells become damaged and cause harm to the body, they
become cancer cells.
carcinogen
(car-cee-no-gen)
Any substance that causes cancer
cell
(sell)
What makes our body up
chemotherapy
(kee-moh-tear-re-pee)
A way of treating cancer by using
medicine to kill the cancer cells
chronic
An illness lasting a long time
or recurring
cirrhosis
(sir-ro-sis)
Chronic disease of the liver due
to damage and scarring.
clot
(claw-t)
When blood dries up to form a
lump. If blood does not clot, the person will bleed
non-stop.
constipation
(corns-tee-pay-shen)
When it is difficult to pass out
wastes in the toilet
contaminated
(corn-tear-mee-neigh-terd)
Dirtied
cryosurgery
(cree-yo-sir-ger-ree)
Using a very cold temperature
to kill cancer cells
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d
defrosts (dee-froz)
When the ice melts and the liver is back to its
normal temperature
disease
(dee-zeeze)
An illness in any part of the body when that part of
the body cannot work properly. For example, liver disease
is an illness in the liver and the liver cannot work
properly
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e
effective
(ee-fact-tiff)
Very useful
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f
freezes
(free-zes)
When water becomes ice, we say
that water freezes.
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h
hepatic artery
(hee-pa-tic are-ter-ree)
Blood carries oxygen from the
heart to other parts. The blood vessel that carries
blood high in oxygen to the liver from the heart is
the hepatic artery
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i
immunization
(eem-muu-ni-sae-shen)
To make you
take a medicine which will prevent you from getting
a disease ever again
infection
(inn-fact-shern)
It happens when bacteria attacks
a wound and makes it more serious
injected
(inn-jac-terd)
By using a needle to put something
(e.g. medicine) into the body
intra-arterially
(in-trah-are-ter-rear-lee)
Something that is injected straight
into an artery
intravenously
(in-tra-vee-nus-lee)
Something that is injected straight
into a vein
irregular
(ee-rare-gew-ler)
An irregular heartbeat means that
the heart is beating not normally, that is too slowly
or too quickly.
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j
jaundice
(john-dis)
The skin and the white part of
the eyes turns yellowish because a lot of bile from
the liver gets into the blood
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l
ligament
(lee-ga-ment)
Strong fibrous ("stringy")
tissue that joins parts of an organ together
liquid
gas(lee-quid
gas)
When air is put in very cold environment,
it will become a liquid like water
local
anesthetic (low-kal
a-nes-sta-tic)
A drug injected into a patient
so that he/she falls asleep and does not feel any pain
during a surgery.
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m
malignant
(mag-lee-nent)
Cells that are damaged and cancerous;
they may harm the body
metastases
Cancer cells that have moved from
a primary site to another location in the body
microscope
(my-crow-scope)
An instrument that can make things
that are so small we cannot see it with our naked eyes
larger. This way, we can see them.
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o
Oncologist
(on-call-ler-geest)
A doctor who treats cancer
organ
(or-gern)
Parts of our body (e.g. liver,
heart, hand, mouth etc.)
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p
pancreas
(pan-cree-ess)
An organ below the liver that
is involved in digestion and insulin production.
physical
activities(fee-see-kal
act-tee-vee-tees)
Doing things like running, swimming,
playing sports, which may make you tired.
portal
vein (por-tal
vain)
The portal vein is the blood vessel
that carries nutrients from the intestines to the liver.
prevent
(pree-vent)
To make sure it does not happen
primary
cancer(pry-mer-ree
can-ser)
Sometimes, cancer cells from another
organ may move to the liver to stay. This is called
secondary liver cancer. Primary liver cancer
is when the cancer cells start growing in the
liver itself.
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r
radiation
Oncologist
A doctor that uses radiotherapy
to treat cancer
radiotherapy
(rae-dee-o-tear-ra-pee)
A treatment that uses x-rays to
kill cancer cells
radiofrequency
(rae-deeo-free-kuen-cee)
Heat generated by vibration at
a very high frequency similar to radio waves.
red
blood cells
Blood cells that carry oxygen
from the lungs to the heart then to the rest of the
body
resection
Removing a section of an organ
by surgery
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s
shivering
(shee-ver-ring)
when a person feels
very cold, his/her body will keep shaking. This is called
shivering.
sores
(saws)
A wound that can hurt
a lot.
surgery
(sir-jer-ree)
When people go for operation to
take out a tumor
swelling
(swell-ling)
When a part of the body becomes
bigger in size e.g. A mosquito bite make the skin swell
a little
symptom
(seem-term)
A complaint e.g. loss of appetite.
systemic
Affecting the whole body; as in
systemic treatment that treats every cell of the body
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t
tattoo
(tear-two)
The art of using needles to create
pictures or drawings on our skin
tissue
(tee-shew)
Cells
make up tissues, which in turn make up the organ
tomography
(to-mo-gra-phee)
The use of x-rays to produce images
of one specific layer of tissue
treatment
(treet-ment)
A way to deal with cancer; to
cure a cancer patient
tumour
(tew-mer)
The lump formed in an organ when
cancer cells gather together
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v
vein
(ve-ain)
Tube that carries blood to the
heart from all of the other organs in the body
vessel
(vess-sel)
A
tube that carries liquid in the body (e.g. blood); arteries
and veins are vessels
viral
hepatitis (vie-real
hep-par-tie-tees)
Inflammation of the liver caused
by a virus like the Hepatitis B Virus or the Hepatitis
C Virus
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w
white
blood cells
Blood cells that fight infection
and disease in the body; formed in the bone marrow
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x
x-rays
(X-ray-ees)
Invisible and powerful waves
that can pass through the skin
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x
x-rays
(X-ray-ees)
Invisible and powerful waves
that can pass through the skin
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