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

1 sense of carcinoma in situ

Sense 1
carcinoma in situ, preinvasive cancer -- (a cluster of malignant cells that has not yet invaded the deeper epithelial tissue or spread to other parts of the body)
       => carcinoma -- (any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer)