carcinoma

English

Etymology

From Latin carcinōma (“a cancerous ulcer”), from Ancient Greek καρκίνωμα (karkínōma), from καρκίνος (karkínos); equivalent to carcino- + -oma. Compare cancer.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkɑɹsɪˈnoʊmə/

Noun

carcinoma (plural carcinomas or carcinomata)

(oncology) An invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue that tends to metastasize to other areas of the body.

Derived terms

Terms derived from carcinoma

Translations

type of tumor

Catalan: carcinoma (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 癌 (zh) (ái)
Czech: karcinom (cs)
Finnish: karsinooma (fi)
French: carcinome (fr)
German: Karzinom (de) n
Ido: karcinomo (io)
Irish: carcanóma m

Italian: carcinoma (it)
Japanese: 癌腫 (がんしゅ, ganshu)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: carcinoma
Russian: карцино́ма (ru) f (karcinóma)
Serbo-Croatian: karcinom (sh) m
Spanish: carcinoma (es) m
Swedish: karcinom (sv) n
Tagalog: karsinoma

Anagrams

macaronic, maccaroni

Catalan

Noun

carcinoma m (plural carcinomes)

(oncology) carcinoma

Further reading

“carcinoma” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin carcĭnōma (“a cancerous ulcer”), from Ancient Greek καρκίνωμα (karkínōma)

Noun

carcinoma m (plural carcinomi)

(oncology) carcinoma

Portuguese

Noun

carcinoma m (plural carcinomas)

(oncology) carcinoma (type of malignant tumour)

Spanish

Noun

carcinoma m (plural carcinomas)

(oncology) carcinoma (type of malignant tumour)

Further reading

“carcinoma” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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