carcinoma

Syllables: car·ci·no·ma/ˌkɑːsɪˈnəʊmə//ˌkɑɹsɪˈnoʊmə/

carcinoma noun: an invasive malignant tumour derived from epithelial tissue that tends to metastasize to other areas of the body.

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Noun

carcinoma (countable and uncountable, plural carcinomas or carcinomata)

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

carcinoma in Urdu

invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue: سرطانہ

carcinoma in Bengali

invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue: কার্সিনোমা karśinōma

carcinoma in Tagalog

invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue: karsinoma

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carcinoma in Arabic: سرطانة, سَرَطَان saraṭān
carcinoma in Indonesian: karsinoma
carcinoma in Persian: کارسینوما
carcinoma in Thai: มะเร็ง má-reng
carcinoma in Vietnamese: ung thư biểu mô

Examples of carcinoma in a sentence

We routinely perform radical resections of oesophageal carcinomas with an intrathoracic oesophagogastrostomy.
Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma or peripheral cholangiocarcinoma is the second most common primary liver cancer following hepatocellular carcinoma.
Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most frequent of all cancers in fair-skinned populations.

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Forms of carcinoma

plural	carcinomas
plural	carcinomata

Plural of carcinoma: carcinomas or carcinomata

Origin of carcinoma

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 Latin carcinōmata, from Ancient Greek κᾰρκῐνώμᾰτᾰ (kărkĭnṓmătă).

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Questions about carcinoma

What does carcinoma mean?: Carcinoma means an invasive malignant tumour derived from epithelial tissue that tends to metastasize to other areas of the body.
What is carcinoma in Tamil?: Carcinoma in Tamil is தீவிரப் புற்று நோய், புற்று, புற்றுநோய். See Carcinoma meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is carcinoma?: Carcinoma is a noun.
How do you pronounce carcinoma?: Carcinoma is pronounced /ˌkɑːsɪˈnəʊmə/ (UK).
What is the plural of carcinoma?: The plural of carcinoma is carcinomas.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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