carcinoma

CEFRC1

/ˌkɑːsɪˈnəʊmə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A cancer that begins in skin or tissues covering organs.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A form of cancer; (uncountable) cancer in general as a disease.

Examples

  • The oncologist explained the treatment plan for the diagnosed carcinoma.

  • Surgery removed the carcinoma successfully.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Also pronounced

  • /-sə-/
  • /ˌkɑːsɪˈnəʊmətə/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

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

More examples

In context

  • The doctor diagnosed a rare carcinoma.

  • 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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Origin

noun

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...