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Definition of Carcinoma
1. Noun. Any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer.
Generic synonyms: Cancer, Malignant Neoplastic Disease
Derivative terms: Carcinomatous
Definition of Carcinoma
1. n. A cancer. By some medical writers, the term is applied to an indolent tumor. See Cancer.
Definition of Carcinoma
1. Noun. (oncology) An invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue that tends to metastasize to other areas of the body. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Carcinoma
1. [n -MATA or -MAS]
Medical Definition of Carcinoma
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Carcinoma
Literary usage of Carcinoma
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1908)
"Mrs. H. carcinoma of the liver Fixation. 2. Miss T. carcinoma of the ... Mr. D.
carcinoma of the stomach " 19. Mrs. D. carcinoma of the breast Fixation. 20. ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1919)
"carcinoma of the duodenum comprises about 2 per cent, of the cases of primary
... carcinoma above the biliary papilla— namely, in the horizontal portion of ..."
3. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1913)
"Thus many practitioners believe that "scirrhous carcinoma" and "medullary ...
When one adds to these terms the so-called "corned carcinoma" "adeno carcinoma ..."
4. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"carcinoma of the Intestinum cecum The general symptoms of cancer along with the
... carcinoma of the Duodenum This is rarely seen. Males, past middle life, ..."
5. The Medical Clinics of North America by Michael C. Fiore, Stephen S. Entman, Charles B. Rush (1920)
"PANCREATIC carcinoma RD MUSSEY, MD carcinoma of the pancreas is a disease of ...
Cantlie reported 15 cases of primary carcinoma of the pancreas in 4100 ..."
6. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1903)
"This statement applies more to carcinoma of the cervix than to carcinoma of the
... It need not be proved that the earlier a case of carcinoma of the uterus ..."
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