carcinomatosis

[kahr-suh-noh-muh-toh-sis]

noun

Pathology.

1. a condition marked by the production of an overwhelming number of carcinomas throughout the body.

carcinomatosis

/ ˌkɑːsɪˌnəʊməˈtəʊsɪs /

noun

1. Also called: carcinosis. pathol a condition characterized by widespread dissemination of carcinomas or by a carcinoma that affects a large area

Word History and Origins

Origin of carcinomatosis¹

1900–05; < Latin carcinōmat- (stem of carcinōma ) carcinoma + -osis

Example Sentences

The actress had revealed to People magazine in March 2013 that she had leptomeningeal carcinomatosis - cancer cells in the membrane of her brain.

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This rare condition, leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, occurs when cancer cells spread into the fluid-filled membrane surrounding the brain.

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She had leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, in which cancer cells invade the fluid-filled membrane surrounding the brain.

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Harper, who beat lung cancer in 2009, was diagnosed with a form of brain cancer called leptomeningeal carcinomatosis in 2013.

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Harper, who beat lung cancer in 2009, was diagnosed again with a form of brain cancer called leptomeningeal carcinomatosis in 2013.

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