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adenocarcinoma

noun

Etymology

From adeno- + carcinoma.

  1. derived from κᾰρκῐνώμᾰτᾰ
  2. learned borrowing from carcinōmata
  3. derived from κᾰρκῐ́νωμᾰ — “sore, ulcer; cancer”
  4. learned borrowing from carcinōma — “tumour; ulcer; carcinoma”
  5. formed as adenocarcinoma — “adeno- + carcinoma”

Definitions

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for adenocarcinoma. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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