Carcinoma Definition

kärsə-nōmə
carcinomas, carcinomata
noun
Any of several kinds of cancerous growths deriving from epithelial cells.
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Noun

Singular:
carcinoma
Plural:
carcinomas, carcinomata

Origin of Carcinoma

  • From Latin a cancerous ulcer , from Ancient Greek καρκίνωμα (karkinōma), from καρκίνος (karkinos). Compare cancer.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin cancerous ulcer from Greek karkinōma from karkinos cancer kar- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Carcinoma Sentence Examples

  • In the mouse study, there was a significant increase in the incidence of hepatocellular adenoma or carcinoma.

  • Back pressure on the caecum from an obstructing ascending colonic carcinoma causing a tender caecum may also mimic appendicitis.

  • Many patients reviewed during a course of radical radiotherapy for bladder carcinoma have urinary flow symptoms, which may suggest impaired bladder carcinoma have urinary flow symptoms, which may suggest impaired bladder emptying.

  • Bursaria spinosa Australian boxthorn A man developed squamous carcinoma of the skin of the forehead at the site of a boxthorn prickle puncture injury.

  • In 17 cases (12 %) the dysplasia lesion recurred, in 11 (7.8 %) an infiltrating carcinoma arose.

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