CARCINOMA
\kˌɑːsɪnˈə͡ʊmə], \kˌɑːsɪnˈəʊmə], \k_ˌɑː_s_ɪ_n_ˈəʊ_m_ə]\
Definitions of CARCINOMA
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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By Noah Webster.
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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)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William R. Warner
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Some authors have thus called indolent tumours different from cancer; others, incipient cancer; and others, again, the species of cancer in which the affected structure assumes the appearance of cerebral substance; but the majority of authors use Carcinoma in the same sense as Cancer.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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