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cholangiocarcinoma

cholangiocarcinoma noun: a rare and aggressive cancer that starts in the bile ducts.

cholangiocarcinoma: a rare and aggressive cancer that starts in the bile ducts
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Noun

cholangiocarcinoma (plural cholangiocarcinomas or cholangiocarcinomata)

  1. A rare and aggressive cancer that starts in the bile ducts.
    • Cholangiocarcinoma develops at a significantly younger age (between the ages of 30 and 50) in patients with PSC than in patients without PSC.2007, Bruce A. Chabner, Thomas J. Lynch Jr., Dan L. Longo, Harrison's Manual of Oncology, McGraw Hill Professional, page 418
    • Cholangiocarcinomata arise from the bile ducts. The intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomata are considered here.2013, J. R. Bhardwaj (editor), Boyd's Textbook of Pathology, Volume 2: Systemic Pathology, 10th Edition, Wolter Kluwer Health, page 1043
    Synonyms:
    bile duct cancer, cholangiocellular carcinoma

cholangiocarcinoma meaning in Tamil

cholangiocarcinoma in Tamil

பித்தக்குழல் சுரப்பிப்படலப்புற்று, பித்தக்குழல் புற்று

Synonyms of cholangiocarcinoma

  • bile duct cancer
  • cholangiocellular carcinoma

Forms of cholangiocarcinoma

pluralcholangiocarcinomas
pluralcholangiocarcinomata

Origin of cholangiocarcinoma

From cholangio- + carcinoma.

Words formed from cholangiocarcinoma

Questions about cholangiocarcinoma

What does cholangiocarcinoma mean?
Cholangiocarcinoma means a rare and aggressive cancer that starts in the bile ducts.
What is cholangiocarcinoma in Tamil?
Cholangiocarcinoma in Tamil is பித்தக்குழல் சுரப்பிப்படலப்புற்று, பித்தக்குழல் புற்று. See Cholangiocarcinoma meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cholangiocarcinoma?
Cholangiocarcinoma is a noun.
What is the plural of cholangiocarcinoma?
The plural of cholangiocarcinoma is cholangiocarcinomas.

Words near cholangiocarcinoma in the dictionary

  1. cholangio-
  2. cholangioblast
  3. cholangioblastic
  4. cholangioblasts
  5. cholangiocarcinogenesis
  6. cholangiocarcinoma
  7. cholangiocarcinomas
  8. cholangiocarcinomata
  9. cholangiocarcinomatous
  10. cholangiocellular
  11. cholangiocholecystocholedochectomies

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