carcinoma
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1. any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | cancer, malignant neoplastic disease, |
| definition | : | any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | cancer of the liver, liver cancer, |
| definition | : | malignant neoplastic disease of the liver usually occurring as a metastasis from another cancer; symptoms include loss of appetite and weakness and bloating and jaundice and upper abdominal discomfort (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | breast cancer, |
| definition | : | cancer of the breast; one of the most common malignancies in women in the US (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | carcinoma in situ, preinvasive cancer, |
| definition | : | a cluster of malignant cells that has not yet invaded the deeper epithelial tissue or spread to other parts of the body (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | colon cancer, |
| definition | : | a malignant tumor of the colon; early symptom is bloody stools (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | lung cancer, |
| definition | : | carcinoma of the lungs; one of the commonest forms of cancer (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | mesothelioma, |
| definition | : | a form of carcinoma of the mesothelium lining lungs or abdomen or heart; usually associated with exposure to asbestos dust (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | oat cell carcinoma, small cell carcinoma, |
| definition | : | highly malignant carcinoma composed of small round or egg-shaped cells with little cytoplasm; lung cancers are frequently oat cell carcinomas (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | oral cancer, |
| definition | : | malignant neoplasm of the lips of mouth; most common in men over the age of 60 (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | skin cancer, |
| definition | : | a malignant neoplasm of the skin (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | trophoblastic cancer, |
| definition | : | malignant neoplasm of the uterus derived from the epithelium of the chorion (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | carcinomatous, |
| definition | : | being or relating to carcinoma (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | carcinomatous, |
| definition | : | being or relating to carcinoma (adj.pert) |
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