Noun Adenocarcinomas Definition and Examples

Adenocarcinomas

/ˌadɪnəʊˌkɑːsɪˈnəʊmə/

noun

A malignant tumour formed from glandular structures in epithelial tissue.

1. 'Ninety-five percent of all malignant gastric tumors are adenocarcinomas; the remaining 5 percent include lymphomas, stromal tumors, and other rare tumors.'
2. 'The rarer types of bladder cancer include squamous cell carcinomas and adenocarcinomas, which have a different cell structure.'

noun, plural adenocarcinomas, adenocarcinomata[ad-n-oh-kahr-suh-noh-muh-tuh]/ˌæd n oʊˌkɑr səˈnoʊ mə tə/(Show IPA). Pathology.

1. a malignant tumor arising from secretory epithelium.

2. a malignant tumor of glandlike structure.

"oesophaguses can have adenocarcinomases."
"pancreases can have adenocarcinomases."
"esophaguses can have adenocarcinomases."
"adenocarcinomases can be in oesophaguses."
"adenocarcinomases can be for distinctnesses."

adenocarcinoma