carcinoma
a malignant and invasive epithelial tumor that spreads by metastasis and often recurs after excision; cancer.
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Origin of carcinoma
1Other words from carcinoma
- car·ci·no·ma·toid, adjective
- car·ci·no·ma·tous, adjective
Words Nearby carcinoma
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How to use carcinoma in a sentence
The situation is like trying to explain a carcinoma diagnosis to a patient without using the word “cancer.”
Our Early Confusion About Airborne COVID-19 Transmission Still Haunts Us | Jose-Luis Jimenez | March 29, 2022 | Time“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.
Pacers’ Caris LeVert has successful surgery to remove cancerous growth; team expects full recovery | Des Bieler | January 27, 2021 | Washington PostJobs 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.
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Caihua Liang, et al. “A Population-Based Case-Control Study of Marijuana Use and Head and Neck Squamous Cell carcinoma.”
Is Pot Good for Lungs? New Marijuana Study Adds to Health-Effects Debate | Anneli Rufus | January 14, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTCoffee 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.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddWhen found in the fluid removed after a test-meal, it commonly points toward ulcer or carcinoma.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddWhen bleeding piles are absent, blood-streaks upon such a stool point to carcinoma.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddThe 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.
Diseases of the Horse's Foot | Harry Caulton Reeks
British Dictionary definitions for carcinoma
/ (ˌkɑːsɪˈnəʊmə) /
any malignant tumour derived from epithelial tissue
another name for cancer (def. 1)
Origin of carcinoma
1Derived forms of carcinoma
- carcinomatoid or carcinomatous, adjective
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Scientific definitions for carcinoma
[ kär′sə-nō′mə ]
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 squamous cell carcinoma.
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Cultural definitions for carcinoma
[ (kahr-suh-noh-muh) ]
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