different between carcinoma vs anticarcinogenic

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

anti- +? carcinogenic

Adjective

anticarcinogenic (comparative more anticarcinogenic, superlative most anticarcinogenic)

1. tending to inhibit or prevent the activity of a carcinogen or the development of carcinoma.

Translations

Noun

anticarcinogenic (plural anticarcinogenics)

1. Alternative form of anticarcinogen