carcinoma

/ˈkɑrsəˌnoʊmə/

/kɑsɪˈnʌʊmə/

Other forms: carcinomas; carcinomata

Definitions of carcinoma

1. noun

   any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer
   types:

   cancer of the liver, liver cancer

   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

   adenocarcinoma, glandular cancer, glandular carcinoma

   malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium

   breast cancer

   cancer of the breast; one of the most common malignancies in women in the US

   carcinoma in situ, preinvasive cancer

   a cluster of malignant cells that has not yet invaded the deeper epithelial tissue or spread to other parts of the body

   colon cancer

   a malignant tumor of the colon; early symptom is bloody stools

   embryonal carcinoma

   malignant neoplasm of the testis

   endometrial cancer, endometrial carcinoma

   cancer of the uterine lining

   hepatocarcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatoma, malignant hepatoma

   carcinoma of the liver

   lung cancer

   carcinoma of the lungs; one of the commonest forms of cancer

   mesothelioma

   a form of carcinoma of the mesothelium lining lungs or abdomen or heart; usually associated with exposure to asbestos dust

   oat cell carcinoma, small cell carcinoma

   highly malignant carcinoma composed of small round or egg-shaped cells with little cytoplasm; lung cancers are frequently oat cell carcinomas

   oral cancer

   malignant neoplasm of the lips of mouth; most common in men over the age of 60

   pancreatic cancer

   cancer of the pancreas

   seminoma, testicular cancer

   malignant tumor of the testis; usually occurring in older men

   skin cancer

   a malignant neoplasm of the skin

   trophoblastic cancer

   malignant neoplasm of the uterus derived from the epithelium of the chorion

   cancroid, squamous cell carcinoma

   the most common form of skin cancer

   prostate cancer, prostatic adenocarcinoma

   cancer of the prostate gland

   epithelioma

   a malignant tumor of the epithelial tissue

   malignant melanoma, melanoma

   any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes

   type of:

   cancer, malignant neoplastic disease

   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