Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue that tends to metastasize to other areas of the body.
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. A carcinoma is characterized microscopically by trabeculæ and nodular masses of cells of epithelial form and origin, running in a stroma of tissue of mesoblastic origin. Several types are distinguished: flat-celled epithelioma; cylinder-celled epithelioma; simple carcinoma (carcinoma simplex), a variety of glandular carcinoma forming nodular tumors of considerable consistency; carcinoma scirrhosum, or scirrhous cancer, a variety forming very hard nodules of almost the consistency of cartilage; carcinoma gelatinosum, or cancer with colloid degeneration of the epithelial parts; colloid cancer; carcinoma myxomatodes, or cancer with the stroma consisting of mucous tissue; cylindroma carcinomatodes; carcinoma gigantocellulare; melanocarcinoma. Certain pathologists exclude the epitheliomata from the carcinomata, and hold that the latter are not of epithelial origin, but are purely a mesoblastic formation. Some, again, founding the definition of carcinomata entirely on anatomical features, independently of histogenetic considerations, include in them the sarcomata alveolaria. The softer carcinomata are as a rule the more rapidly fatal. The earlier a cancer is removed, the greater is the prolongation of life and the chance of escaping a return. See cylindroma, epithelioma, sarcoma.
- n. In botany, a disease of trees characterized by the separation of the bark and the exudation of an acrid sap.
Wiktionary
- n. An invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue that tends to metastasize to other areas of the body.
GNU Webster's 1913
- 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.
WordNet 3.0
- n. any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer
Etymologies
- Latin, cancerous ulcer, from Greek karkinōma, from karkinos, cancer; see kar- in Indo-European roots.
Examples
“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.”
“And basal cell carcinoma is specifically what milk weed is good for.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“It is an estimated 200,000 to 300,000 people have squamous cell carcinoma, which is a type of cancer, that's new cases per year.”
“Three types are the basal cell carcinoma, which is the type that President Bush's father, President H.W. Bush had removed in late '86.”
“Most times, the squamous cell carcinoma, which is commonly the biggest risk factor of sun exposure, can just be removed as Suzanne just described, and it is done.”
“I thought it was an insect bite actually when I first got it and then it just didn't get well and so we had it biopsied before the election and found out that it was squamous cell carcinoma, which is not a very serious -- not a serious skin cancer like melanoma would be.”
“Let's talk about 14 years ago, when I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma, aka breast cancer.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘carcinoma’.
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-oma
denoting tumors or growths
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carcino-
of or relating to cancer
carcinogenic, carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, carcinogen, carcinoembryonic
Prolagus Cancer’s a Funny Thing (1964), by J.B.S. Haldane (1892-1964), a genius. Sep 11, 2009