CARCINOMATOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carcinomatous mean? 

• CARCINOMATOUS (adjective)
  The adjective CARCINOMATOUS has 1 sense:

1. being or relating to carcinoma

  Familiarity information: CARCINOMATOUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARCINOMATOUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being or relating to carcinoma

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

a carcinomatous lesion

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

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

 Context examples 

An invasive ductal breast carcinoma associated with a lobular carcinomatous component.

(Invasive Ductal and Lobular Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An invasive ductal breast carcinoma associated with an in situ lobular carcinomatous component.

(Invasive Ductal and Lobular Carcinoma In Situ, NCI Thesaurus)

An invasive ductal breast carcinoma associated with an invasive lobular carcinomatous component.

(Invasive Ductal and Invasive Lobular Breast Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The carcinomatous component is an intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma.

(Intrahepatic Bile Duct Papillary Neoplasm with an Associated Invasive Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A breast adenocarcinoma characterized by the presence of an intraductal papillary carcinomatous component and an invasive carcinomatous component.

(Intraductal Papillary Adenocarcinoma with Invasion, NCI Thesaurus)

A mucinous cystic neoplasm that arises from the intrahepatic bile ducts and it is associated with an invasive carcinomatous component.

(Intrahepatic Bile Duct Mucinous Cystic Neoplasm with an Associated Invasive Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

An invasive breast carcinoma containing both ductal and lobular carcinomatous components.

(Invasive Mixed Breast Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called carcinomatous meningitis, leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, leptomeningeal metastasis, meningeal carcinomatosis, meningeal metastasis, and neoplastic meningitis.

(Leptomeningeal carcinoma, NCI Dictionary)

A pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm characterized by the presence of a focal or multifocal invasive carcinomatous component.

(Pancreatic Intraductal Papillary-Mucinous Neoplasm with an Associated Invasive Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A pancreatic intraductal tubulopapillary neoplasm characterized by the presence of an invasive carcinomatous component.

(Pancreatic Intraductal Tubulopapillary Neoplasm with an Associated Invasive Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)