carcinomas

Variant of carcinoma

carcinoma definition

car·ci·noma (kär′sə nō′mə)

noun pl. carcinomas -·mas or carcinomata -·mata (-mə tə)

any of several kinds of cancerous growths deriving from epithelial cells

Etymology: L < Gr karkinōma, cancer < karkinoun, affect with a cancer < karkinos, crab: see cancer

Related Forms:

  • carcinomatous car′·ci·nom′a·tous (-näm′ə təs, -nō′mə-) adjective

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