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noun

carcinoma n. (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. See Cancer.

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Etymology of 'Carcinoma'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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Words linked to "Carcinoma" : colon cancer, oat cell carcinoma, seminoma, cancer, embryonal carcinoma, cancer of the liver, trophoblastic cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, oral cancer, squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, glandular carcinoma, lung cancer, endometrial carcinoma, endometrial cancer, small cell carcinoma, glandular cancer, liver cancer, pancreatic cancer, carcinomatous, hepatocarcinoma, mesothelioma, malignant hepatoma, testicular cancer, breast cancer, carcinoma in situ, malignant neoplastic disease, preinvasive cancer