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basal cell carcinoma

basal cell carcinoma noun: a common type of nonmelanocytic skin cancer.

Noun

basal cell carcinoma (countable and uncountable, plural basal cell carcinomas)

  1. A common type of nonmelanocytic skin cancer.
    • Basal cell carcinoma is found most frequently on the head, neck, and limbs of cats. Histologic findings do not always correlate with aggressive behavior.2002, Wallace B. Morrison, Cancer in Dogs and Cats: Medical and Surgical Management, Teton NewMedia, →ISBN, page 470
    • The malignant potential of adenoid cystic carcinoma/basal cell carcinoma is uncertain because of the small number of reported cases and limited follow-up, but some cases are malignant with EPE and distant metastases.2009, Noel Weidner, Richard J. Cote, Saul Suster, Lawrence M. Weiss, Modern Surgical Pathology, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 1151
    Synonyms:
    basalioma

basal cell carcinoma meaning in Tamil

basal cell carcinoma in Tamil

அடிச்செல் புற்று, தளச்செல் புற்று

Synonyms of basal cell carcinoma

Forms of basal cell carcinoma

pluralbasal cell carcinomas
alternative formbasal-cell carcinoma

Questions about basal cell carcinoma

What does basal cell carcinoma mean?
Basal cell carcinoma means a common type of nonmelanocytic skin cancer.
What is basal cell carcinoma in Tamil?
Basal cell carcinoma in Tamil is அடிச்செல் புற்று, தளச்செல் புற்று. See Basal cell carcinoma meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is basal cell carcinoma?
Basal cell carcinoma is a noun.
What is the plural of basal cell carcinoma?
The plural of basal cell carcinoma is basal cell carcinomas.

Words near basal cell carcinoma in the dictionary

  1. basal bodies
  2. basal body
  3. basal bristle
  4. basal bristles
  5. basal cell
  6. basal cell carcinoma
  7. basal cell carcinomas
  8. basal cells
  9. basal dicot
  10. basal dicots
  11. basal ganglia

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