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adenocarcinoma definition

ad·eno·car·ci·noma (-kär′sə nō′mə)

noun

a malignant tumor of glandular origin or with a glandlike cell arrangement

Etymology: adeno- + carcinoma

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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