Délı̨ne Dialect
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Active Surveillance | Eyı eyáa nezǫ́le ka dene ghánakeı́dá
Keeping track of the changes in a person’s body by doing tests and exams
Aggressive | Eyáa nezǫ́le denekwę́tah whırı ɂǫ́nę́ ɂat’ı̨
A tumour or disease that grows quickly.
Anaesthesia | Dene edeneté gonáı́dı́
Using drugs to stop the feeling of pain in the body. Used during surgery
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Benign | Nǝyı́ t’ahsı̨́ hogegı̨́hɂǫ beghǫ k’éonǝjı̨́le
Not harmful
Biopsy | Eyáa nezǫ́le ka denets’ę t’ahsı̨́ netsı́le hegı́hchu
Remove a small tissue from inside the body to look for sickness
Body Scan | Denekw’ęnę́ ɂerı̨htł’é gı́hchu
Take an x-ray of the bones
Bowel Movement | Béhǝ́ káts’ereda
Discharge of waste from body
Brain Cancer | Denekwı́ghǫ́yı́ı eyáa nezǫ́le ǫ̨t’e
Cancer of the brain
Brain Scan | Denekwı́ghǫ́ ɂerı̨htł’é gı́hchu
X-ray of the brain
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Cancer | Eyáa nezǫ́le
When the cells in your body grow out of control and cause harm
Carcinogen | T’ahsı̨́ dzá ǫt’e hǫ́ht’é eyáa nezǫ́le dene ɂahɂı̨́
Substance that causes cancer
Cell | Bet’áré gots’ǝdı́ denekwę́tah ǫt’e
Basic unit of life
Cervix | Bǝbı́ gots’ę gǫ́hłı̨ dahk’ǝ́
Part of a women’s reproductive system
Chemotherapy | Eyáa nezǫ́le ɂǫ́nę́ ɂawodǝ ch’á náı́dı́ hé dene ghálakeda
A treatment of drugs that kills cancer, can also kill healthy
Colon | Denets’ı́ nechá
The longest part of the large intestine
Colonoscopy | Ɂı́dı́ıkǫ́né hǝ́ deneyı́ı denets’ı́ goghágeda
A test to examine inside of the large intestine
Colostomy | Bét’á káts’ereda gogha yúwǝ́ dene k’ǝ 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 gǫ́hłı̨ dahk’ǝ́ gots’ę t’ahsı̨́ ghágudá gha gı́hchu
Sample of tissue taken from cervix to be examined
CT Scan | Ɂerı̨htł’é gı́hchu gháré denéyı́ı t’ahsı̨́/eyáa ka genı̨wę
Take a picture of inside to look for any abnormal growth
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Diagnosis | Ayı́ı eyáa denekwę́tah ǫt’e hegogı̨́hɂǫ
Identifying a disease or illness from symptoms
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Endoscope | Tł’uh neghale lǫ́ ɂı́dı́ıkǫ́né hǝ́ deneyı́ı goghágeda
Tube with a light is use to look inside the body at the internal organs
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Family History | Dene héot’ı̨nę eyáa hı̨dóts’aɂa
The medical history of a person’s family, including mother, father, brother, sister and grandparents
Fatigue | Nıts’ǝnı́tı̨́/Nı́htets’ęrę́wı
Feeling very tired or not having energy
FIT | Eyáa nezǫ́le nágulı nı̨dé edelé ka bé hǝ́ káts’ereda hegı́hchu
A test that checks for blood in the stool. It is used to screen for Colorectal Cancer
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H. pylori | Eyáa ts’ęhɂǫ́nę́ denechǫ kǝ́teoderı́tłe
Causes inflammation and ulcers in the stomach and small intestine
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Immune system | Denekwę́tah ayı́ eyáa gha k’ǝ́nárę́ht’e gǫ́hlı̨
The cells and organs in your body that protects the body from illness.
Inoperable | Ts’órét’é/horı́la hǝ́ dúwǝ́ dene nát’á(taɂı̨t’á)
A disease or tumour that cannot be treated with surgery.
Intravenous | Daetı̨tł’úlé gháré t’áhsı̨ denekwę́tah ɂagǝhɂı̨
Into a vein
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Leukemia | Denedelétah eyáa nezǫ́le
Cancer in the blood
Lumpectomy | Denet’óyı́ı t’ahsı̨́ nę́hshǫ kágeht’á
Surgical removal of a breast tumour
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | Deneyı́ı ɂerı̨htł’é hı́hchu gosatsǫ́nę́
Another type of test used to look at the organs and tissue inside the body. It uses magnetic force to take pictures.
Malignant | Nǝ́yı́ı t’áhsı̨́ hegút’ǫ sı̨̨́ı̨ la eyáa nezǫ́le ɂǫt’e
Is harmful, cancer.
Mammogram | Denet’ó ɂerı̨htł’é gı́hchu
An x-ray picture of the breast
Mastectomy | Denet’ó ełaot’e kágǝrǝhwhǝ
Surgical removal of the whole breast
Medical History | Dene eyáahı̨lı̨kǫ́ dene ɂerı̨htł’é wela
A record of someone’s risk factors, symptoms, and past medical events or illness
Melanoma | Denekwę́ ɂǫ́nę denet’ué k’ǝ eyáa nezǫ́le
A type of cancer found on your skin
Metastasis | Eyı eyáa nezǫ́le ɂǫ́nę́ ajá
When cancer spreads from its original site.
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Oncology | Eyı eyáa nezǫ́le wáe hǝogǝruhzhá gha yeghálageda
The study of cancer
Operable | Dúle gogha dene taɂęt’á
When the disease or tumour that can be treated with surgery
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Palliative Care | Dágejá gots’ę́ gonı̨́ k’ǝ̨́ gok’ǝ́gǝdı́ (hodı́)
- 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 gǫ́hłı̨ dahk’ǝ́ gots’ę t’ahsı̨́ gı́hchu
A swab of sample taken from the cervix
Platelet | Denedélétah begháré denedélé ɂǝdǝht’ǝ́ gǫ́hłı̨
Type of cell in the blood that helps blood to clot
Polyp | Deneyı́ı denets’ı́ hǝ́ denek’árı́hkwelé k’ǝ t’ahsı̨́ nǝyǝ
Growth found in the colon or rectum
Prognosis | Dats’út’é gha genı̨wę sı̨́ı̨ ghǫ dene hégogede
Chance of cure or cancer coming back
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Radiation | Ɂı́dı́ıkǫ́né t’á ǫde eyáa nezǫ́le ghálageda
High energy x-rays to kill cancer cells and shrink tumours.
Recurrence | Eyáa nezǫ́le dene anaodle nágulı
Chance of cancer coming back
Remission | Hı̨dúh gogha eyı eyáa nezǫ́le wı́le
Tests, physical exams and scans show that all signs of cancer are gone.
Risk Factor | Ayı́ı dahgháré eyı eyáa nezǫ́le alé dene ts’ę́ náudı
Something that increases the chance of developing a disease.
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Screening | Dene beghǫɂı̨ɂále eyáa ka gegháeda
Test done on a well person
Side Effects | Dágoghá dene ghálageda ts’ęhɂǫ́nę́ gogha dágǫ́ht’e
Effects of a medical treatment or procedure (hair loss, nausea, loss of appetite)
Stage | Eyı eyáa nezǫ́le dánáréhtse gháré beɂerehtáh gǝt’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 | Denetaɂı̨t’á
Operation
Symptoms | Eyáa ts’ęhɂǫ́nę́ edǝ́ts’ǝrǝdı́
A change that a person feels in their body that may be due to disease or illness
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Tumour | Deneyı́ı t’ahsı̨́ nǝyǝ dúle begha denetaɂı̨t’á
Growth of cells
Tumour Marker | Dáts’ı̨t’e heogeruhshá gha denets’ę t’ahsı̨́ hegı́hchu
A substance found in the blood, urine or body tissue that is measured to help identify cancer.
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Ultrasound | Satsǫ́nę́ dene k’ǝ hǝk’ǝ́nagǝhdı gháré deneyı́ı goɂerı̨htł’é gı́hchu
A test that takes images of the inside of the body using sound wave
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X-ray | Ɂı́dı́ıkǫ́nę́ hǝ́ dene ɂerı̨htł’é gı́hchu
Picture taken of body parts