carcinoma

IPA: kɑrsʌnˈoʊmʌ

(countable) An invasive malignant tumour derived from epithelial tissue that tends to metastasize to other areas of the body.
(obsolete, countable) A form of cancer; (uncountable) cancer in general as a disease.

Examples of "carcinoma" in Sentences

And basal cell carcinoma is specifically what milk weed is good for.
The confusion started right away, the minute I got the call from one of the big hospitals in Boston: "Don't let the word 'carcinoma' fool you," the radiologist said.
Bright's disease, and, if he hears the word carcinoma, he will certainly look it out in a medical dictionary, if he does not interpret its dread significance on the instant.
It just showed up in a mammogram as calcifications and turned out to be invasive ductal carcinoma, which is what Elizabeth had and also which is probably the most prevalent or the most common kind of breast cancer.
He knows what it means when you tell him he has tubercles or Bright's disease, and, if he hears the word carcinoma, he will certainly look it out in a medical dictionary, if he does not interpret its dread significance on the instant.