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carcinoma en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˌkɑːsɪnəʊˈmɑːtə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˌkɑːsɪˈnəʊmə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
(US) audio
/ˌkɑːsnəʊˈmɑːtə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˌkɑːsnˈəʊmə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˌkɑɹsɪˈnoʊmə/ (General-American)
[-ɾə] (General-American)
/ˌkɑɹsɪnoʊˈmɑtə/ (General-American)
/ˌkɑːsɪˈnəʊmətə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/-sə-/ (General-American)
(Southern-England) audio
/ˌkɑɹsɪˈnoʊmətə/ (General-American)
/ˌkɑːsnˈəʊmətə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

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).

Meanings

(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.
- Take the fatteſt and fulleſt Figs you can get, lay them upon the ugly and ill favored tumor called Carcinoma, i. the Canker, ſo it be not yet exulcerat, I aſſure you it is a ſoveraine remedie, and hardly can be matched againe: […] 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book XXIII.] Of Peares, and the Properties Observed in Them. Of Tame Figge Trees, and Their Figges. Of the Wild Figge Tree. Of Erineus, and Other Plants, with the Medicines which They Affourd..”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], 2nd tome, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, page 167:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
carcinomas	Number=Plur		lexicographic
carcinomata	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (50)

he קרצינומה (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · gd aillse (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · nl carcinoom (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · id karsinoma (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · es carcinoma (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · fa کارسینوما (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · it carcinoma (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · ga carcanóma (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · bn কার্সিনোমা (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · hu karcinóma (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · io karcinomo (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · fi karsinooma (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · bo སྐྲན (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · th มะเร็ง (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · nb karsinom (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · fr carcinome (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · yue 癌 (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · ko 암종 (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · ja 癌腫 (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · uk карцинома (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · la carcinōma (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · da karcinom (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · pt carcinoma (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · pl rak (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · el καρκίνωμα (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · tl karsinoma (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · ka კარცინომა (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · gl carcinoma (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · vi ung thư biểu mô (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · sh karcìnōm (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · ru карцино́ма (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · ca carcinoma (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · cs karcinom (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · ro carcinom (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · ar سرطانة (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · eo karcinomo (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · et kartsinoom (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · ur سرطانہ (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · nn karsinom (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · is þekjuvefskrabbamein (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · sh карцѝно̄м (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · de Karzinom (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · lt karcinoma (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · tr karsinom (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · tt карцинома (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · ar سَرَطَان (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · sv karcinom (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · sl karcinóm (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · cmn 癌 (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue) · eu kartzinoma (invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue)

wikipedia: Medical Compendium in Seven Books · wikipedia: Paul of Aegina

carcinoma en · NOUN

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