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carcinoma
  • Conjugation : pl  carcinomas ; pl  carcinomata
  • Derivatives : adj  carcinomatous
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

carcinoma [.kɑrsɪ'nomə] [.kɑːsɪ'nəumə]
  1. 1. noun [Medicine] 癌科

Collins English-English Dictionary

carcinoma ["kɒːsɪ'nəυmə]
  1. 1. n [pathol] any malignant tumour derived from epithelial tissue
  2. 2. n another name for cancer
  3. 3. n [Etymology] C18: from Latin, from Greek karkinoma, from karkinos cancer

Examples

carcinoma
早期食道癌
early stage carcinoma of the esophagus
癌转移
the metastasis of a carcinoma
转移性癌
metastatic carcinoma
他不幸患有直肠癌。
Unfortunately, he has carcinoma of the rectum.

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