Definition of
Carcinoma
- (noun, state) any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer
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Alternate forms of Carcinoma
Derivations: carcinomatous
Hyponyms: adenocarcinoma, breast cancer, cancer of the liver, carcinoma in situ, colon cancer, embryonal carcinoma, endometrial cancer, endometrial carcinoma, glandular cancer, glandular carcinoma, hepatocarcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatoma, liver cancer, lung cancer, malignant hepatoma, mesothelioma, oat cell carcinoma, oral cancer, pancreatic cancer, preinvasive cancer, seminoma, skin cancer, small cell carcinoma, testicular cancer, trophoblastic cancer
Hypernyms: cancer, malignant neoplastic disease
Origin of the word Carcinoma
- 1721, "malignant tumor," from L. carcinoma, from Gk. karkinoma "a cancer," from karkinos "crab" (see cancer) + -oma. more
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper
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