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carcinomatous

carcinomatous

9.9
Relating to a cancer that begins in the thin cells covering organs and skin
  • adjective
  • /ˌkɑːrsɪˈnoʊmətəs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : carcinomatoso
  • Doctors are studying a drug that can target carcinomatous cells specifically, hoping to improve treatment outcomes.

Examples

  • The biopsy revealed that the tumor was classified as carcinomatous, indicating it was cancerous.

  • Tumors of the upper aerodigestive tract comprised of carcinomatous and sarcomatous elements have long been recognized.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The patient was diagnosed with a carcinomatous growth, prompting immediate intervention from the oncology team.

Synonyms

cancerous
vscarcinomatous
19 4.3

A growth of harmful cells that can grow and spread in the body

is specific to cancers starting in epithelial cells rather than all cancer types
neoplastic
vscarcinomatous
  • Specialized
1 9.4

Relating to a new abnormal growth in the body often seen in cancer

is limited to malignancies that begin in epithelial cells rather than any growth

Compounds

carcinomatous myopathy
  • Specialized
9.9

A rare muscle disease in cancer patients causing hip and thigh weakness and aching back from immune attack on nerves

How Cancerous

malignant
  • Specialized
45 7.2
carcinomatous
  • Specialized
9.9
benign
  • Specialized
22 4.6

Surface Forms

carcinomatous positive

Morphology

carcinomatous = carcinoma (semi-transparent) = carcinoma + ous

The adjective is regularly formed from the medical noun 'carcinoma' with the productive suffix '-ous', but the base is a technical medical term that many learners may not know.

Etymology

Carcinomatous comes from the Greek root carcino-, which means 'crab' because early doctors thought tumors had a crab-like shape and it is the same root as cancer. So carcinomatous means 'related to cancer'.