adenocarcinoma

English

Etymology

From adeno- +‎ carcinoma.

Noun

adenocarcinoma (plural adenocarcinomas or adenocarcinomata)

1. (oncology) Any of several forms of carcinoma that originate in glandular tissue.

Hypernyms

• cancer
  • carcinoma

Hyponyms

• lymphoma

Derived terms

• gastroadenocarcinoma
• prostatic adenocarcinoma
• squamoadenocarcinoma

 

Related terms

• adenocarcinomal
• adenocarcinomic

Translations

any of several forms of carcinoma that originate in glandular tissue

• Czech: adenokarcinom m
• Finnish: adenokarsinooma (fi)
• Hungarian: adenokarcinóma (hu)
• Irish: adanacarcanóma m
• Italian: adenocarcinoma (it) m
• Japanese: 腺癌 (ja) (せんがん, sengan)
• Polish: gruczolakorak (pl) m
• Portuguese: adenocarcinoma (pt) m
• Spanish: adenocarcinoma (es) m
• Swedish: adenokarcinom (sv) n

Italian

Etymology

From adeno- +‎ carcinoma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˌdɛ.no.kar.t͡ʃiˈnɔ.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɔma
• Hyphenation: a‧de‧no‧car‧ci‧nò‧ma

Noun

adenocarcinoma m (plural adenocarcinomi)

1. (oncology) adenocarcinoma

Further reading

• adenocarcinoma in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• adenocarcinoma in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• adenocarcinoma in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

From adeno- +‎ carcinoma.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˌdẽ.no.kaʁ.siˈnõ.mɐ/ [aˌdẽ.no.kah.siˈnõ.mɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˌdẽ.no.kaʁ.siˈnõ.mɐ/ [aˌdẽ.no.kah.siˈnõ.mɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aˌdẽ.no.kaɾ.siˈnõ.mɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˌdẽ.no.kaʁ.siˈnõ.mɐ/ [aˌdẽ.no.kaχ.siˈnõ.mɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˌde.no.kaɻ.siˈno.ma/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˌdɛ.nɔ.kɐɾ.siˈno.mɐ/ [ɐˌðɛ.nɔ.kɐɾ.siˈno.mɐ]

• Hyphenation: a‧de‧no‧car‧ci‧no‧ma

Noun

adenocarcinoma m (plural adenocarcinomas)

1. (oncology) adenocarcinoma (any of several forms of carcinoma that originate in glandular tissue)

Further reading

• “adenocarcinoma” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “adenocarcinoma” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “adenocarcinoma” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “adenocarcinoma” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “adenocarcinoma” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From adeno- +‎ carcinoma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /adenokaɾθiˈnoma/ [a.ð̞e.no.kaɾ.θiˈno.ma]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /adenokaɾsiˈnoma/ [a.ð̞e.no.kaɾ.siˈno.ma]
• Rhymes: -oma
• Syllabification: a‧de‧no‧car‧ci‧no‧ma

Noun

adenocarcinoma m (plural adenocarcinomas)

1. (oncology) adenocarcinoma

Further reading

• “adenocarcinoma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014