Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue that tends to metastasize to other areas of the body.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, a disease of trees characterized by the separation of the bark and the exudation of an acrid sap.
- noun 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med.) 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. Seecancer .
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- noun oncology An
invasive malignant tumor derived fromepithelial tissue that tends tometastasize to other areas of thebody .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The confusion started right away, the minute I got the call from one of the big hospitals in Boston: "Don't let the word 'carcinoma' fool you," the radiologist said.
Laura Zigman: 'You Should Apologize for Saying You Had Cancer (Because The New York Times Says it Probably Wasn't Cancer)' Laura Zigman 2011
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The confusion started right away, the minute I got the call from one of the big hospitals in Boston: "Don't let the word 'carcinoma' fool you," the radiologist said.
Laura Zigman: 'You Should Apologize for Saying You Had Cancer (Because The New York Times Says it Probably Wasn't Cancer)' Laura Zigman 2011
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The confusion started right away, the minute I got the call from one of the big hospitals in Boston: "Don't let the word 'carcinoma' fool you," the radiologist said.
Laura Zigman: 'You Should Apologize for Saying You Had Cancer (Because The New York Times Says it Probably Wasn't Cancer)' Laura Zigman 2011
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The confusion started right away, the minute I got the call from one of the big hospitals in Boston: "Don't let the word 'carcinoma' fool you," the radiologist said.
Laura Zigman: 'You Should Apologize for Saying You Had Cancer (Because The New York Times Says it Probably Wasn't Cancer)' Laura Zigman 2011
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The confusion started right away, the minute I got the call from one of the big hospitals in Boston: "Don't let the word 'carcinoma' fool you," the radiologist said.
Laura Zigman: 'You Should Apologize for Saying You Had Cancer (Because The New York Times Says it Probably Wasn't Cancer)' Laura Zigman 2011
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The confusion started right away, the minute I got the call from one of the big hospitals in Boston: "Don't let the word 'carcinoma' fool you," the radiologist said.
Laura Zigman: 'You Should Apologize for Saying You Had Cancer (Because The New York Times Says it Probably Wasn't Cancer)' Laura Zigman 2011
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And basal cell carcinoma is specifically what milk weed is good for.
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He knows what it means when you tell him he has tubercles or Bright's disease, and, if he hears the word carcinoma, he will certainly look it out in a medical dictionary, if he does not interpret its dread significance on the instant.
Medical Essays, 1842-1882 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Bright's disease, and, if he hears the word carcinoma, he will certainly look it out in a medical dictionary, if he does not interpret its dread significance on the instant.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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It just showed up in a mammogram as calcifications and turned out to be invasive ductal carcinoma, which is what Elizabeth had and also which is probably the most prevalent or the most common kind of breast cancer.
Prolagus commented on the word carcinoma
Cancer’s a Funny Thing (1964), by J.B.S. Haldane (1892-1964), a genius.
September 11, 2009