carcinoma
noun
a malignant and invasive epithelial tumor that spreads by metastasis and often recurs after excision; cancer.
carcinomatous
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a word derived from
carcinoma.
Example Sentences
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Penrose, assisted by Baldy, has performed this operation after excision of an inch of the left ureter for carcinomatous involvement.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Stephens mentions a dermal horn on the buttocks at the seat of a carcinomatous cicatrix.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
This noted operator performed, synchronously, double ovariotomy and resections of portions of the bladder and ileum, for a large medullary carcinomatous growth of the ovary, with surrounding involvement.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Percy and Stokes have observed phosphorescence in a carcinomatous ulcer.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
What man with experience so extensive—with knowledge so profound—with sagacity so searching—with learning so deep—shall declare that he himself has seen and treated sixty cases of true carcinomatous disease of the mouth and throat?
From Observations on the Causes, Symptoms, and Nature of Scrofula or King's Evil, Scurvy, and Cancer With Cases Illustrative of a Peculiar Mode of Treatment by John Kent
