Definitions of Carcinoma [ə tə]

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Definition of 'Carcinoma'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) carcinoma
a malignant tumor composed of epithelial tissue.

Etymology: (1715–25; < L: ulcer, tumor < Gk karkínōma <

Definition of 'Carcinoma'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) carcinoma
any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer

Definition of 'Carcinoma'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Carcinoma
a cancer. By some medical writers, the term is applied to an indolent tumor. See Cancer

Definition of 'Carcinoma'

U.S. National Library of Medicine

1. Carcinoma
A malignant neoplasm made up of epithelial cells tending to infiltrate the surrounding tissues and give rise to metastases. It is a histological type of neoplasm but is often wrongly used as a synonym for "cancer." (From Dorland, 27th ed)

Translation of 'Carcinoma'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: malignant tumor The surgeons had to remove the carcinoma from his lungs
Afrikaans: karsinoom, kankergeswel	Arabic: سَرَطانٌ في الأنْسِجَه	Bulgarian: раково образование
Brazilian: carcinoma	Czech: rakovinný nádor, karcinom	German: der Karzinom
Danish: kræft; cancer	Spanish: carcinoma	Estonian: kartsinoom
Farsi: کاسینوم؛ غده سرطانی لایه	Finnish: karsinooma	French: carcinome
Hebrew: גִדוּל מַמאִיר	Hindi: एक प्रकार का कैंसर	Croatian: karcinom
Italian: carcinoma	Japanese: 癌種	Korean: 암종
Lithuanian: karcinoma	Malay: barah	Dutch: carcinoom
Persian: کاسینوم؛ غده سرطانی لایه	Pashto: تومور	Russian: злокачественная опухоль
Slovak: karcinóm	Serbian: karcinom	Thai: มะเร็ง
Turkish: kanser, kötücül ur	Taiwanese: 惡性瘤	Ukrainian: ракове новоутворення, кар
Urdu: مہلک کینسر کا پھوڑا	Vietnamese: ung thư biểu mô	Chinese: 恶性瘤
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