can'cer

[L. a crab.] i. Any malignant neoplasm. 2. Specifically, carcinoma* as distinguished from sarcoma, ac'inous c, c. arising from the epithelium of the acini of the breast, ad'enoid c, tubular o., cylindroma, alve'olar u., colloid c. k deux [Fr. deux, two], c. occurring nearly simultaneously in two persons living together, aquat'icus, noma. c. atroph'icans, a scirrhus in which the cancer cells are degenerated and the surrounding ti ue atrophied and sclerosed, en cuira e (on-kwe-rahs') [Fr. breastplate], an epitheliomatous growth involving the greater part of one or both sides of the chest, chim'neysweep's c, an epithelioma of the scrotum, occurring in chimney-sweeps, believed to be caused by irritation from soot, coll'oid c, a degenerating carcinoma composed chiefly of colloid or glue-like matter, con'jugal c, c. h. deux occurring in man and wife, con'tact c, a secondary c. occurring in a part in close contact with a previous c. in the same individual, der'moid t., a c. containing dermoid structures, islets of epithelium, hair, etc. duct, c, a c. developed from the epithelium of the mammary ducts, enceph'aloid c, a c. of very soft, brain-like consistency; medullary c. endothe'lial t., endothelioma, epider'mal c, epithelioma, epithe'lial c, epithelioma, glan'dular c, adenocarcinoma, green c, chloroma. hard c, scirrhous c. hem'atoid c, telangiectatic c. kan'- gri c, see kangri. med'ullary c, a carcinoma in which the growth consists chiefly of cells, the stroma being scarcely noticeable, melanot'ic c, a form of encephaloid c, in which the cells contain melanin, mouse c, Jensen tumor, a malignant growth in mice which is inoculable and more or le contagious scir'rho us i;., scirrhus, a carcinoma in which there is an abundant fibrous stroma compre ing the cells, soft c, encephaloid c. spider c, telangiectasis, telangiectat'lc c, an encephaloid c. filled with cavities containing blood, tu'bular c, cylindroma, duct