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adenocarcinomas

[ad-n-oh-kahr-suh-noh-muh]

ad·e·no·car·ci·no·ma

[ad-n-oh-kahr-suh-noh-muh]
noun, plural -mas, -ma·ta [-muh-tuh] . Pathology.
1.
a malignant tumor arising from secretory epithelium.
2.
a malignant tumor of glandlike structure.

Origin:
1885–90; adeno- + carcinoma

ad·e·no·car·ci·nom·a·tous [ad-n-oh-kahr-suh-nom-uh-tuhs, -noh-muh-] , adjective
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adenocarcinoma ad·e·no·car·ci·no·ma (ād'n-ō-kär'sə-nō'mə)
n.
A malignant tumor originating in the epithelial cells of glandular tissue and forming glandular structures.

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