English > carcinoma: 1 sense > noun 1, state| Meaning | Any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer. |
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| Narrower | adenocarcinoma, glandular cancer, glandular carcinoma | malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium |
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| breast cancer | cancer of the breast |
| carcinoma in situ, preinvasive cancer | A cluster of malignant cells that has not yet invaded the deeper epithelial tissue or spread to other parts of the body |
| colon cancer | A malignant tumor of the colon |
| embryonal carcinoma | malignant neoplasm of the testis |
| endometrial carcinoma, endometrial cancer | cancer of the uterine lining |
| hepatoma, malignant hepatoma, hepatocarcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma | carcinoma of the liver |
| liver cancer, cancer of the liver | malignant neoplastic disease of the liver usually occurring as a metastasis from another cancer |
| lung cancer | carcinoma of the lungs |
| mesothelioma | A form of carcinoma of the mesothelium lining lungs or abdomen or heart |
| oat cell carcinoma, small cell carcinoma | Highly malignant carcinoma composed of small round or egg-shaped cells with little cytoplasm |
| oral cancer | malignant neoplasm of the lips of mouth |
| pancreatic cancer | cancer of the pancreas |
| seminoma, testicular cancer | malignant tumor of the testis |
| skin cancer | A malignant neoplasm of the skin |
| trophoblastic cancer | malignant neoplasm of the uterus derived from the epithelium of the chorion |
| Broader | cancer, malignant neoplastic disease | Any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division |
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| Spanish | carcinoma |
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| Catalan | carcinoma |
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| Adjectives | carcinogenic | causing or tending to cause cancer |
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| carcinomatous | being or relating to carcinoma |
