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Definition of carcinoma
carcinomas
alsocarcinomata
play \ˌkär-sə-ˈnō-mə-tə\: a malignant tumor of epithelial origin
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Examples of carcinoma in a Sentence
four deaths attributable to carcinoma
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Copeland, who died of Merkel Cell carcinoma in 2008, is best known for founding Popeyes fried chicken in 1972.
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Her battle began when she was first diagnosed in 2009 with adenoid cystic carcinoma, a rare form of cancer.
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Grenon, who lives in Smithfield, Rhode Island, said her concerns for her son grew after a doctor excised two basal cell carcinomas from her face in February, and another one three years ago.
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Grunewald was diagnosed in 2009 with adenoid cystic carcinoma, a form of cancer in her salivary gland.
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Grunewald, an elite middle-distance runner, has a form of cancer called adenoid cystic carcinoma.
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Marc-Cohen, the suit says, mistakenly determined that Rodriguez had infiltrating ductal carcinoma, the most common form of breast cancer.
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The Patient Advocate Foundation’s multiple-sclerosis and renal-cell-carcinoma funds have been closed to new applicants since 2016.
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Her mother has Lynch syndrome, a hereditary disorder that sharply raises the risk of certain cancers, and since 2003, Priscilla Joho has suffered colon cancer, uterine cancer and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin.
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Origin and Etymology of carcinoma
Latin, from Greek karkinōma cancer, from karkinos
CARCINOMA Defined for English Language Learners
carcinoma
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medical : a type of cancer
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