Carcinoma

·noun A cancer. By some medical writers, the term is applied to an indolent tumor. ·see Cancer.

carcinoma
carcĭnōma, ătis, n., = καρκίνωμα, a cancerous ulcer (pure Lat. cancer), a cancer , Cato R. R. 15...

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