CARCINOMA

carcinoma

(noun) any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

carcinoma (plural carcinomas or carcinomata)

(oncology) An invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue that tends to metastasize to other areas of the body.

Anagrams

• macaronic, maccaroni

Source: Wiktionary


Car`ci*no"ma, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. -oma.] (Med.)

Definition: A cancer. By some medical writers, the term is applied to an indolent tumor. See Cancer. Dunglison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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