cancer

(kan’ser) [L. for “crab"]. A malignant tumor, made up chiefly of epithelial cells; carcinoma. See carcinoma. acinousc. See acinous carcinoma, under carcinoma. adenoid c., a malignant tumor made up of or containing cylindric tubes lined with epithelium. c. & deux [Fr. “‘cancer in two”], cancer attacking simultaneously or consecutively two persons who live together. alveolar c., colloma. c. aquat‘icus, cancrum or is, or gangrenous stomatitis. Aran’s c., malignant lymphoma of the orbit, with severe leukemia and a tendency to form metastases by the lymphatics. areolar c. Same as colloid carcinoma. See carcinoma. c. atroph‘icans, scirrhous cancer surrounded by sclerosed and atrophied ti ue. black c. Same as_ melanotic cancer. branchiogenous c., a cancer originating in the superior cervical triangle, and suppo: to be derived from a relic of an embryonal branchial cleft. buyo cheek c., cancer of the cheek seen in natives of the Philippine Islands from chewing buyo leaf or betel. Cf. betel. cellular c. Same as encephaloid c. cerebriform ce. Same as encephaloid c. chimney-sweeps’ C., soot-wart; cancer of the scrotum due to soot poisoning; soot-cancer. chondroid c., scirrhous cancer with a cartilage-like texture. claypipe c., epithelioma of the lip due to irritation caused by a pipe-stem. colloid c. See colloma. conjugal c., cancer attacking nearly simultaneously a man and his wife. contact c., cancer developing in a part of the body in contact with a previously existing cancer. corset c., cancer en cuira e. cystic c., carcinoma that has undergone cystic degeneration. dendritic c. Same as papilloma. dermoid c., a cancer containing nests and pegs of flat epithelium with colloid ma es. duct c., cancer of the epithelium of the mammary ducts. encephaloid c., a soft cancer of brain-like consistence; encephaloma. c. em cuira e, a cancer about the skin of the thorax. endothelial c., endothelioma. epidermal c., epithelioma. epithelial c. Sce epithelioma. fungous c. Same as fungus hematodes. glandular c., adenocarcinoma and a den osar com a. green ¢., chloroma. c., one containing an exce of fibrous ti ue. hematoid c., fungus hematodes. jacket c., cancer en cuira e. ¢., epithelioma in the thigh or abdomen affecting natives of Kashmir, and attributed to irritation from the kangri or fire basket. Lobstein’s c., retroperitoneal sarcoma. medullary c., one made up largely of soft, marrow-like cellular material. melanotic c., a malignant growth of a black or deeply pigmented color. par: c., a malignant growth occurring in those who work in paraffin. pitch-workers’ c., epithelioma of the face, neck, and scrotum seen Having a lattice-like 182 CANNABENE in those who work in pitch. retrograde c., a dormant atrophied malignant growth. rodent c. Same as ulcer, rodent. scirrhous c., a hard or fibroid malignant growth; scirrhus. smokers’ c., epitheiioma of the lip due to irritation by the pipe-stem; also cancer of the throat, ascribed to exce ive smoking. soft c., an encephaloid or colloid cancer. solanoid c., one which resembles a potato in its texture. sootc. Same as chimney-sweeps' c. spider c. See mavus arancosus. tar C., carcinoma caused by inflammatory irritation of fumes of tar. tubular c., a form of mammary cancer believed to arise from the mammary ducts. villous duct c., cancer developed from a cyst with villous malignant growth. water-c., noma. ς., scirrhous carcinoma. canceration (kan-ser-a’shun). of malignant qualities. cancer in (kan’ser-in). A white, crystalline ptomain, C,H,NO,, from the urine in carcinoma. cancer ism (kan‘ser-izm). The cancerous diathesis; a tendency to the development of malignant disease. can cero derm (kan’ser-o-derm). Numerous angiomata of large size seen on the chest and abdomen of certain patients and thought to be connected with malignant growths. Called also de Morgan spots. cancerous (kan’ser-us). taining to cancer. cancerphobia (kan-ser-fo’be-ah). of cancer.