Carcinoma

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue that tends to metastasize to other areas of the body.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue that tends to metastasize to other areas of the body.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A form of malignant cancer arising from epithelial tissue. The term was earlier applied to all forms of cancer, or to certain non-malignant forms. It is contrasted with sarcoma, a malignant form of cancer arising from connective tissue. See cancer.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A tumor which grows more or less rapidly, tends to break down and ulcerate in its later stages, propagates itself in neighboring or more distant parts, and after excision very frequently recurs; a cancer, in the stricter sense of that word.
  • n. In botany, a disease of trees characterized by the separation of the bark and the exudation of an acrid sap.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer
  • Antonym
    sarcoma   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    carcinomata    cancer   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts
    tumors    cancer    adenocarcinoma    hyperplasia    lesion    lymphoma    epithelium    neoplasm    cyst    hypertrophy