ADENOCARCINOMA (adenocarcinomata)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: adenocarcinomata   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does adenocarcinoma mean? 

• ADENOCARCINOMA (noun)
  The noun ADENOCARCINOMA has 1 sense:

1. malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium

  Familiarity information: ADENOCARCINOMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ADENOCARCINOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

adenocarcinoma; glandular cancer; glandular carcinoma

Hypernyms ("adenocarcinoma" is a kind of...):

carcinoma (any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "adenocarcinoma"):

prostate cancer; prostatic adenocarcinoma (cancer of the prostate gland)

Derivation:

adenocarcinomatous (of or pertaining to adenocarcinoma)

 Context examples 

An adenocarcinoma that arises from the prostate gland and has spread to other anatomic sites.

(Metastatic Prostatic Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An adenocarcinoma that arises from the exocrine pancreatic tissue and has metastasized to other anatomic sites.

(Metastatic Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An adenocarcinoma that arises from the small intestine and has metastasized to other anatomic sites.

(Metastatic Small Intestinal Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A low grade adenocarcinoma with ductal differentiation, arising from the sweat glands.

(Microcystic Adnexal Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This category includes adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma.

(Middle Ear Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare adenocarcinoma that arises from the middle ear.

(Middle Ear Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An endometrioid adenocarcinoma that has spread from its original site of growth to another anatomic site.

(Metastatic Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An adenocarcinoma which originated in the endometrium and has spread to another anatomic site.

(Metastatic Endometrial Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called clear cell adenocarcinoma and clear cell carcinoma.

(Mesonephroma, NCI Dictionary)

Adenocarcinoma of the gastroesophageal junction occurs more often in Caucasian middle aged and elderly males.

(Adenocarcinoma of the Gastroesophageal Junction, NCI Thesaurus)