CARCINOMA

(Lat.), n. n. Kasr-si2n(ki2n)-o'ma3. Gen., carcinom'atos (-is). Gr., KOfMeuto/xa. Fr., carcinome. Ger., Carcinom, Baumkrebs (3d def.). It., Sp., c. 1. A cancer (3d def.), especially of the forms that are composed of an alveolar network of fibroid ti ue, the interspaces containing epithelioid cells, and that spread by the lymphatics instead of by the blood-ve els; of Young, a genus of the Paraphymata. [E; L, 290, 311, 315.] 3. In trees, a disease in which the bark separates and an acrid sap exudes and causes the surrounding parts to ulcerate. [B, 19.] Acinous c. O, no; O", not; O3, whole; Th, thin; Th2, the; U, like oc in too; 106 [s. 83]