Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun carcinoma

1 sense of carcinoma

Sense 1
carcinoma -- (any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer)
       => cancer, malignant neoplastic disease -- (any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream)