carcinoma
pronunciation
How to pronounce carcinoma in British English:
UK [ˌkɑ:sɪˈnəʊmə]
How to pronounce carcinoma in American English:
US [ˌkɑrsɪˈnoʊmə]
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- Noun:
- any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer
Word Origin
- carcinoma
- carcinoma: see cancer
- carcinoma (n.)
- "malignant tumor," 1721, from Latin carcinoma, from Greek karkinoma "a cancer," from karkinos "cancer," literally "crab" (see cancer) + -oma.
Example
- 1. Diagnosis : stage 2 ductal carcinoma that was er-positive and her2 positive
- 2. An inverse association was observed between all coffeeconsumption and risk of basal cell carcinoma .
- 3. In rare cases , chronic erythema ab igne can lead to squamous cell carcinoma , a form of cancer .
- 4. Secondhand smoke causes at least two fatal cancers in cats : lymphoma and oral carcinoma .
- 5. Transitional cell carcinoma ( tcc ) sounds as horrible as it is .