adenocarcinoma - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English
Noun
adenocarcinoma (plural adenocarcinomas or adenocarcinomata)
- (oncology) Any of several forms of carcinoma that originate in glandular tissue.
- ✤ Hypernyms: carcinoma < cancer, malignancy < tumor, neoplasm, neoplasia
- ✤ Hyponym: lymphoma
- ✤ Coordinate term: adenoma (benign counterpart)
Etymology
From adeno- + carcinoma.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊmə
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