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Where does “carcinoma” come from?

Carcinoma comes from Latin carcinoma, from Ancient Greek καρκίνωμα, derived from Ancient Greek καρκίνος meaning crab, with the Proto-Indo-European suffix -mn̥.

carcinoma (English): An invasive malignant tumor derived from...

Definitions

  1. An invasive malignant tumor derived from...

Ancestry of “carcinoma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincarcinōma—
2Ancient Greekκαρκίνωμαeating sore or ulcer; cancer
3Ancient Greekκαρκινόωto suffer from cancer
4Ancient Greekκαρκίνοςcrab; Cancer, the zodiac sign; sore, ulcer,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeankarkros—

Words derived from “carcinoma”

  • adenocarcinoma
  • cholangiocarcinoma
  • choriocarcinoma
  • carcinomatosis
  • carcinomatous
  • teratocarcinoma
  • dysgerminoma
  • hepatocarcinoma
  • microcarcinoma
  • adenocarcinomatous
  • pseudocarcinomatous
  • carcinomic
  • noncarcinomatous
  • mastocarcinoma
  • nephrocarcinoma
  • carcinomal
  • anticarcinoma
  • nonadenocarcinomatous
  • pericarcinomatous
  • hepatocarcinomatous
  • carcinomagenesis
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