carcinoma
a malignant and invasive epithelial tumor that spreads by metastasis and often recurs after excision; cancer.
Origin of carcinoma
1Other words from carcinoma
- car·ci·no·ma·toid, adjective
- car·ci·no·ma·tous, adjective
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How to use carcinoma in a sentence
Carcinomatous Uterus removed eighteen and a half years subsequent to Double Ovariotomy.
For carcinomatous ulcers there is not much that we can do beyond this, even in our day.
Education: How Old The New | James J. WalshThe presence of these symptoms is presumptively indicative of gastric disease, usually ulcerous or carcinomatous.
Malignant growths are of two types, carcinomatous and sarcomatous, dependent upon the tissue from which they emanate.
Surgery, with Special Reference to Podiatry | Maximilian Stern
British Dictionary definitions for carcinoma
/ (ˌkɑːsɪˈnəʊmə) /
any malignant tumour derived from epithelial tissue
another name for cancer (def. 1)
Origin of carcinoma
1Derived forms of carcinoma
- carcinomatoid or carcinomatous, adjective
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Scientific definitions for carcinoma
[ kär′sə-nō′mə ]
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. See also basal cell carcinoma squamous cell carcinoma.
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Cultural definitions for carcinoma
[ (kahr-suh-noh-muh) ]
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