Definition of Malignant hepatoma

1. Noun. Carcinoma of the liver.

Exact synonyms: Hepatocarcinoma, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Hepatoma
Generic synonyms: Carcinoma

Medical Definition of Malignant hepatoma

1. A carcinoma derived from parenchymal cells of the liver. Synonym: hepatocarcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, liver cell carcinoma. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Malignant Hepatoma

malignant anemia
malignant carcinoid syndrome
malignant catarrh
malignant catarrh of cattle
malignant catarrhal fever
malignant catarrhal fever virus
malignant ciliary epithelioma
malignant dysentery
malignant dyskeratosis
malignant endocarditis
malignant exophthalmos
malignant fibrous histiocytoma
malignant giant cell tumour
malignant glaucoma
malignant granuloma
malignant hepatoma (current term)
malignant histiocytosis
malignant hyperphenylalaninaemia
malignant hyperpyrexia
malignant hypertension
malignant hyperthermia
malignant jaundice
malignant lentigo melanoma
malignant liver tumours
malignant lymphadenosis
malignant lymphoma
malignant malnutrition
malignant melanoma
malignant melanoma: gallium imaging

Literary usage of Malignant hepatoma

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the second Pan American scientific congress: Washington, U. S by Glen Levin Swiggett (1917)
"... and in some types of malignant hepatoma they never develop. Judged by these main criteria, the tumors of lower animals take their places ae malignant ..."

2. The Journal of Cancer Research (1916)
"... but in benign metastasizing stroma they occur early, in an otherwise innocent tumor, and in some types of malignant hepatoma they never develop. ..."

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