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carcinoma

kar-sih-NOH-muh

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Definition

Malignant tumor of epithelial tissue

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Breakdown

Root

carcin/o

cancer

Suffix

-oma

tumor

Etymology

Greek: carcin/o (cancer) + -oma (tumor)

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