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. another name for cancer

carcinoma

/ kär′sə-nō′mə /

, Plural carcinomas kär′sə-nō′mə-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.
2. See also basal cell carcinoma

carcinoma

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

Derived Forms

• ˌcarciˈnomaˌtoid, adjective

Other Words From

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of carcinoma¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of carcinoma¹

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

Example Sentences

Jobs could have been very fortunate; a medical exam for something else incidentally picked up an early pancreatic carcinoma.

From The Daily Beast

Doctors now argue that too many diseases fall into the carcinoma diagnosis.

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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.”

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Coffee Consumption Associated with Decreased Risk for Basal-Cell Carcinoma.

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It is delayed in most organic diseases of the stomach, especially in dilatation and carcinoma, but not in neuroses.

From Project Gutenberg

When found in the fluid removed after a test-meal, it commonly points toward ulcer or carcinoma.

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When bleeding piles are absent, blood-streaks upon such a stool point to carcinoma.

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The case classed as a carcinoma was secondary to cancer of the pylorus; both ovaries were affected.

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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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Related Words

• corruption
• disease
• malignancy
• sickness
• tumor