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carcinoma
[ kahr-suh-noh-muh ]
noun
- a malignant and invasive epithelial tumor that spreads by metastasis and often recurs after excision; cancer.
carcinoma
/ ˌkɑːsɪˈnəʊmə /
carcinoma
/ kär′sə-nō′mə /
, Plural carcinomas kär′sə-nō′mə-tə
- Any of various cancerous tumors that are derived from epithelial tissue of the skin, blood vessels, or other organs and that tend to metastasize to other parts of the body.
- See also basal cell carcinoma
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Derived Forms
- ˌcarciˈnomaˌtoid, adjective
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Other Words From
- carci·noma·toid adjective
- carci·noma·tous adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of carcinoma1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of carcinoma1
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Example Sentences
The situation is like trying to explain a carcinoma diagnosis to a patient without using the word “cancer.”
“Caris is expected to make a full recovery and will be out indefinitely,” the team said, adding that no further treatment is needed for LeVert’s case of renal cell carcinoma.
Jobs could have been very fortunate; a medical exam for something else incidentally picked up an early pancreatic carcinoma.
Doctors now argue that too many diseases fall into the carcinoma diagnosis.
And squamous cell carcinoma also develops under our fingernails.
Caihua Liang, et al. “A Population-Based Case-Control Study of Marijuana Use and Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.”
Coffee Consumption Associated with Decreased Risk for Basal-Cell Carcinoma.
It is delayed in most organic diseases of the stomach, especially in dilatation and carcinoma, but not in neuroses.
When found in the fluid removed after a test-meal, it commonly points toward ulcer or carcinoma.
When bleeding piles are absent, blood-streaks upon such a stool point to carcinoma.
The case classed as a carcinoma was secondary to cancer of the pylorus; both ovaries were affected.
This was also believed by Hurtrel D'Arboval, who looked upon canker as carcinoma of the recticular structure of the foot.
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