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carcinoma

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15
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9
Pronunciation
/ˌkɑːsɪˈnəʊmə/
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/ˌkɑːsɪˈnəʊmə/ · /ˌkɑːsnˈəʊmə/ · /ˌkɑɹsɪˈnoʊmə/ · /-sə-/ · /ˌkɑːsɪˈnəʊmətə/ · /ˌkɑːsnˈəʊmətə/ · /ˌkɑɹsɪˈnoʊmətə/ · [-ɾə] · /ˌkɑːsɪnəʊˈmɑːtə/ · /ˌkɑːsnəʊˈmɑːtə/ · /ˌkɑɹsɪnoʊˈmɑtə/

Definition of carcinoma

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable)An invasive malignant tumour derived from epithelial tissue that tends to metastasize to other areas of the body.
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noun

  1. (countable)An invasive malignant tumour derived from epithelial tissue that tends to metastasize to other areas of the body.
  2. (countable, obsolete)A form of cancer; (uncountable) cancer in general as a disease.
    “Take the fatteſt and fulleſt Figs you can get, lay them upon the ugly and ill favored tumor called Carcinoma, i. the Canker, ſo it be not yet exulcerat, I aſſure you it is a ſoveraine remedie, and hardly can be matched againe: […]”

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin carcinōma (“tumour; ulcer; carcinoma”), from Ancient Greek κᾰρκῐ́νωμᾰ (kărkĭ́nōmă, “sore, ulcer; cancer”), from καρκινόω (karkinóō, “to make (something) resemble a crab”, in the mediopassive "to become…

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Learned borrowing from Latin carcinōma (“tumour; ulcer; carcinoma”), from Ancient Greek κᾰρκῐ́νωμᾰ (kărkĭ́nōmă, “sore, ulcer; cancer”), from καρκινόω (karkinóō, “to make (something) resemble a crab”, in the mediopassive "to become cancerous; to suffer from cancer") + -μᾰ (-mă, action noun suffix). Καρκινόω is derived from καρκῐ́νος (karkĭ́nos, “crab; the zodiac sign Cancer; sore, ulcer; cancer”) (according to Paul of Aegina (c. 625 – c. 690) in his Medical Compendium in Seven Books, because the veins surrounding a cancerous tumour resemble a crab’s legs). The English word is a doublet of cancer, and may be analysed as carcino- + -oma. The plural form carcinomata is a learned borrowing from Latin carcinōmata, from Ancient Greek κᾰρκῐνώμᾰτᾰ (kărkĭnṓmătă).

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