Fort Good Hope Dialect
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Active Surveillance | Ɂeyı ɂéyaı nezǫ́le hı̨ka dene ghárakeyı́da
Keeping track of the changes in a person’s body by doing tests and exams
Aggressive | Ɂéyaı nezǫ́le denéyǝge forı ɂǫ́né ɂát’ı̨
A tumour or disease that grows quickly.
Anaesthesia | Dene kı̨dǝrǝ́htǝ gǫráı́dı
Using drugs to stop the feeling of pain in the body. Used during surgery
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Benign | Nǝyı t’áhsı̨ hokı̨́hɂǫ beghǫ ɂagodǝdı́le
Not harmful
Biopsy | Ɂéyaı nezǫ́le hı̨ka denets’ę t’áhsı̨ hı̨́sele kı́hshu
Remove a small tissue from inside the body to look for sickness
Body Scan | Denew’éné ɂedı̨́htł’é kı́hshu
Take an x-ray of the bones
Bowel Movement | Béhé káts’ededa
Discharge of waste from body
Brain Cancer | Denefıghǫ́ ɂéyaı nezǫ́le ɂahęt’e
Cancer of the brain
Brain Scan | Denefıghǫ́ ɂedı̨́htł’é kı́hshu
X-ray of the brain
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Cancer | Ɂéyaı nezǫ́le
When the cells in your body grow out of control and cause harm
Carcinogen | T’áhsı̨ dzá ɂahęt’e xǫ́ht’é ɂéyaı nezǫ́le dene ɂáhɂı̨
Substance that causes cancer
Cell | Bét’áré gots’ǝ́dı denefę́ta ɂahęt’e
Basic unit of life
Cervix | Bǝbı́ gots’ę gǫ́hlı̨ dáhk’é
Part of a women’s reproductive system
Chemotherapy | Ɂéyaı nezǫ́le ɂǫ́né ɂawodǝ ch’á ráı́dı hé dene ghálakeyeda
A treatment of drugs that kills cancer, can also kill healthy
Colon | Denets’ǝ́ hı̨́shaı/Ɂedé
The longest part of the large intestine
Colonoscopy | Ɂı́dıkǫ́né hé déts’ǝ́ denéyǝ gákeyeda
A test to examine inside of the large intestine
Colostomy | Bét’ákáts’ededa gogha yúwé denek’e wehtǫ
Opening that is created by surgery. It connects the colon to a bag on the outside of the body to collect stool
Cone Biopsy | Bǝbı́ gǫ́hlı dáhk’é gots’ę t’áhsı̨ ghákeyúda gha kı́hshu
Sample of tissue taken from cervix to be examined
CT Scan | Ɂedı̨́htł’é kı́hshu gháré denéyǝ t’áhsı̨/ɂéyaı hı̨ka kenı̨wę
Take a picture of inside to look for any abnormal growth
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Diagnosis | Yerı ɂeyáı́ dene ɂahęhwę hegokı̨́hɂǫ
Identifying a disease or illness from symptoms
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Endoscope | Tł’u hı̨ghale lǫı ɂı́dıkǫ́né hé denéyǝ gákeyeda
Tube with a light is use to look inside the body at the internal organs
F
Family History | Dene hégot’ı̨ne ɂeyáı́ dóóts’aɂa
The medical history of a person’s family, including mother, father, brother, sister and grandparents
Fatigue | Rı́htǝts’ǝnǝ́wı
Feeling very tired or not having energy
FIT | Ɂéyaı nezǫ́le rákulǝ nı́dé ɂedélé hı̨ka dékáts’ededa kı́hshu
A test that checks for blood in the stool. It is used to screen for Colorectal Cancer
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H. pylori | Ɂéyaı ts’ıɂǫ́né deneshǫ kéteoderı́lǝ
Causes inflammation and ulcers in the stomach and small intestine
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Immune system | Denefę́ta yerı ɂéyaı k’eránét’e gǫ́hlı̨
The cells and organs in your body that protects the body from illness.
Inoperable | Horı́la
A disease or tumour that cannot be treated with surgery.
Intravenous | Datı̨tł’úlé gháré t’áhsı̨ denefę́ta ɂakǝhɂı̨
Into a vein
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Leukemia | Denedéléta ɂéyaı nezǫ́le
Cancer in the blood
Lumpectomy | Denet’óı́yǝ t’áhsı̨ réhshǫ kákıdǝhwı
Surgical removal of a breast tumour
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | Denǝ́yǝ ɂedı̨htł’é hı́shu gosasǫ́né
Another type of test used to look at the organs and tissue inside the body. It uses magnetic force to take pictures.
Malignant | Nǝ́yǝ t’áhsı̨ heokı̨́hɂǫ ɂeyı ɂéyaı nezǫ́le haıyáɂahęt’e
Is harmful, cancer.
Mammogram | Denet’óı́ ɂedı̨htł’é kı́hshu
An x-ray picture of the breast
Mastectomy | Denet’óı́ lahot’e kákedǝhwı
Surgical removal of the whole breast
Medical History | Dene ɂéyaıhı̨lı̨kǫ́ę́ dene ɂedı̨htł’é wela
A record of someone’s risk factors, symptoms, and past medical events or illness
Melanoma | Denefę́ɂǫ́né ɂéyaı nezǫ́le
A type of cancer found on your skin
Metastasis | Ɂeyı ɂéyaı nezǫ́le ɂǫ́né ɂája
When cancer spreads from its original site.
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Oncology | ɂeyı ɂéyaı nezǫ́le wáyı kıodúhsha gha kıghálayeda
The study of cancer
Operable | Dúle gogha dene taɂı̨ge
When the disease or tumour that can be treated with surgery
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Palliative Care | Dákéjanı̨ gots’ę́ kuhını́ k’ę́ kuk’égódı
- Improves quality of life for patients and their families facing serious illness that cannot be cured.
- Helps to limit and prevent suffering and pain.
- Supports all aspects of life (physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and social)
- Can also be used during end of life care
Pap Smear | Bǝbı́ gǫ́hlı̨ dáhk’é gots’ę t’áhsı̨ kı́hshu
A swab of sample taken from the cervix
Platelet | Denedéléta begháré denedélé ɂǝdǝ́ht’ǝ́ gǫ́hlı̨
Type of cell in the blood that helps blood to clot
Polyp | T’áhsı̨ denéyǝ denets’ǝ́ hé dene ɂekadı́félé k’e rǝyǝ
Growth found in the colon or rectum
Prognosis | Dats’út’é sı̨́ kenı̨wę ghǫ dene hégokede
Chance of cure or cancer coming back
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Radiation | Ɂı́dıkǫ́né hé judenı ɂéyaı nezǫ́le ghálakeyeda
High energy x-rays to kill cancer cells and shrink tumours.
Recurrence | Ɂéyaı nezǫ́le dene ɂarawolǝ rágudı
Chance of cancer coming back
Remission | Hı̨dú gogha ɂeyı ɂéyaı nezǫ́le húle
Tests, physical exams and scans show that all signs of cancer are gone.
Risk Factor | Yerı begháré ɂeyı ɂéyaı nezǫ́le dene ɂale rágudı
Something that increases the chance of developing a disease.
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Screening | Dene begoyı́ɂale ɂéyaı hı̨ka kıgháyeda
Test done on a well person
Side Effects | Dágoghálakeyı̨́da ts’ıɂǫ́né kugha dágǫ́ht’e
Effects of a medical treatment or procedure (hair loss, nausea, loss of appetite)
Stage | Ɂeyı ɂéyaı nezǫ́le dárádedéhse gháré kıɂudı́ta hǝt’ı̨
How much cancer is in the body and where it is located(size of tumour, if cancer has spread to other parts of the body)
Surgery | Denetaɂı̨ge
Operation
Symptoms | Ɂéyaı ts’ıɂǫ́né ɂedǝ́ts’ǝdǝ́dı
A change that a person feels in their body that may be due to disease or illness
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Tumour | Dúle gogha denetaɂı̨ge
Growth of cells
Tumour Marker | Dáts’ı̨t’e kokedúhsha gha dene ts’ę t’áhsı̨ kı́hshu
A substance found in the blood, urine or body tissue that is measured to help identify cancer.
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Ultrasound | Sasǫ́né denek’e hek’ı̨́nakǝhdı gháré denǝ́yǝ goɂedı̨htł’é kı́hshu
A test that takes images of the inside of the body using sound wave
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X-ray | Ɂı́dıkǫ́né hé dene ɂedı̨́htł’é kı́hshu
Picture taken of body parts