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Word: Carcinoma
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century: via Latin from Greek karkinōma, from karkinos ‘crab’ (compare with cancer)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌkɑːsɪˈnəʊmə
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌkɑːsnˈəʊmə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a cancer arising in the epithelial tissue of the skin or of the lining of the internal organs.
Short Definition:cancer arising in epithelial tissue of skin or of lining of internal organs
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