different between carcinoma vs adenocarcinoma

English

Etymology

From Latin carcin?ma (“a cancerous ulcer”), from Ancient Greek ????????? (karkín?ma), from ???????? (karkínos); equivalent to carcino- + -oma. Compare cancer.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k??s??no?m?/

Noun

carcinoma (plural carcinomas or carcinomata)

1. (oncology) An invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue that tends to metastasize to other areas of the body.

Derived terms

See also

• melanoma

Translations

Anagrams

• macaronic, maccaroni

Catalan

Noun

carcinoma m (plural carcinomes)

1. (oncology) carcinoma

Further reading

• “carcinoma” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Interlingua

Noun

carcinoma (plural carcinomas)

1. carcinoma

Italian

Etymology

From Latin carc?n?ma (“a cancerous ulcer”), from Ancient Greek ????????? (karkín?ma)

Noun

carcinoma m (plural carcinomi)

1. (oncology) carcinoma

Derived terms

• adenocarcinoma
• epatocarcinoma

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (karkín?ma).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kar.ki?no?.ma/, [kärk??no?mä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kar.t??i?no.ma/, [k?rt??i?n??m?]

Noun

carcin?ma n (genitive carcin?matis); third declension

1. carcinoma

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Descendants

Portuguese

Noun

carcinoma m (plural carcinomas)

1. (oncology) carcinoma (type of malignant tumour)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin carcin?ma, from Ancient Greek ????????? (karkín?ma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ka??i?noma/, [ka?.?i?no.ma]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ka?si?noma/, [ka?.si?no.ma]
• Rhymes: -oma
• Hyphenation: car?ci?no?ma

Noun

carcinoma m (plural carcinomas)

1. (oncology) carcinoma (type of malignant tumour)

Related terms

• carcinomatosis

Further reading

• “carcinoma” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From adeno- +? carcinoma.

Noun

adenocarcinoma (plural adenocarcinomas or adenocarcinomata)

1. (oncology) Any of several forms of carcinoma that originate in glandular tissue

Related terms

• adenocarcinomal
• adenocarcinomic

Translations

Italian

Etymology

From adeno- +? carcinoma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.de.no.kar.t??i?no.ma/
• Hyphenation: a?de?no?car?ci?nò?ma

Noun

adenocarcinoma m (plural adenocarcinomi)

1. (oncology) adenocarcinoma

Further reading

• adenocarcinoma in Grandi Dizionari
• adenocarcinoma in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• adenocarcinoma in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti
• adenocarcinoma in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

From adeno- +? carcinoma.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?den?k??si?nom?/
• Hyphenation: a?de?no?car?ci?no?ma

Noun

adenocarcinoma m (plural adenocarcinomas)

1. (oncology) adenocarcinoma (any of several forms of carcinoma that originate in glandular tissue)

Further reading

• “adenocarcinoma” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “adenocarcinoma” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “adenocarcinoma” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2021.
• “adenocarcinoma” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “adenocarcinoma” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From adeno- +? carcinoma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /adenoka??i?noma/, [a.ð?e.no.ka?.?i?no.ma]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /adenoka?si?noma/, [a.ð?e.no.ka?.si?no.ma]
• Hyphenation: a?de?no?car?ci?no?ma
• Rhymes: -oma

Noun

adenocarcinoma m (plural adenocarcinomas)

1. (oncology) adenocarcinoma

Further reading

• “adenocarcinoma” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.