carcinoma : Idioms & Phrases
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carcinoma in situ
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noun a cluster of malignant cells that has not yet invaded the deeper epithelial tissue or spread to other parts of the body
preinvasive cancer.
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embryonal carcinoma
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noun malignant neoplasm of the testis
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endometrial carcinoma
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noun cancer of the uterine lining
endometrial cancer.
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glandular carcinoma
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noun malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium
adenocarcinoma; glandular cancer.
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hepatocellular carcinoma
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noun carcinoma of the liver
hepatoma; hepatocarcinoma; malignant hepatoma.
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oat cell carcinoma
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noun highly malignant carcinoma composed of small round or egg-shaped cells with little cytoplasm; lung cancers are frequently oat cell carcinomas
oat cell carcinoma.
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small cell carcinoma
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noun highly malignant carcinoma composed of small round or egg-shaped cells with little cytoplasm; lung cancers are frequently oat cell carcinomas
oat cell carcinoma.
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squamous cell carcinoma
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noun the most common form of skin cancer
cancroid.