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carcinoma

[ kahr-suh-noh-muh ]

noun

, Pathology.
, plural car·ci·no·mas, car·ci·no·ma·ta [kahr-s, uh, -, noh, -m, uh, -t, uh].
  1. a malignant and invasive epithelial tumor that spreads by metastasis and often recurs after excision; cancer.


carcinoma

/ ˌkɑːsɪˈnəʊmə /

noun

  1. any malignant tumour derived from epithelial tissue
  2. See cancer
    another name for cancer


carcinoma

/ kär′sə-nō /

, Plural carcinomas kär′sə-nōmə-tə

  1. 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.


carcinoma

  1. A malignant tumor in the tissues that make up the skin , glands , mucous membranes , and lining of organs .


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Derived Forms

  • ˌcarciˈnomaˌtoid, adjective

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Other Words From

  • carci·noma·toid adjective
  • carci·noma·tous adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of carcinoma1

1715–25; < Latin: ulcer, tumor < Greek karkínōma; carcino-, -oma

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Word History and Origins

Origin of carcinoma1

C18: from Latin, from Greek karkinōma, from karkinos cancer

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Example Sentences

The situation is like trying to explain a carcinoma diagnosis to a patient without using the word “cancer.”

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“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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