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carcinomatosis

American

[kahr-suh-noh-muh-toh-sis] / ˌkɑr sə noʊ məˈtoʊ sɪs /

noun

Pathology.

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

carcinomatosis British

/ ˌkɑːsɪˌnəʊməˈtəʊsɪs /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of carcinomatosis

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

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2019

She was diagnosed in 2013 with leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, a rare condition that occurs when cancer cells spread into the fluid-filled membrane surrounding the brain, and was given just months to live.

From Washington Times • Oct. 12, 2017

Use Stanley, 64, German actress and heroine for her rescues of Jews from Hitler's concentration camps; of carcinomatosis; in Boston.

From Time Magazine Archive

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