Good to Know Abbreviations

Abbreviations to Remember:
·         Benign tumors add –OMA to tissue of origin
o   Example: adenoma, lipoma
·         Adeno- tumors from glandular epithelium, origin included
·         Squamous- tumors from squamous epithelium
·         Sarcomas- originate in connective tissue
o   Osteo- bone
o   Chondro- cartilage
o   Lipo- fat
o   Rhabdo- skeletal muscle
o   Leiomyo- smooth muscle
·         Leukemias- hemopoietic cells
o   Lympho- lymphoid origin
o   Myelo- myeloid origin
·         Lymphoma- lymphocytes

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