carcinomatosis love

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A pathological condition characterized by the presence of carcinomas that have metastasized to many parts of the body.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Generalized cancer disseminated throughout the body. Also called carcinosis.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun medicine The widespread presence of carcinomas that have metastasized throughout the body

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Greek karkinōma, karkinōmat-, cancerous ulcer; see carcinoma + –osis.]

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Examples

  • He spoke too fast for my brain, using words like fistula, ileostomy, and carcinomatosis.

    The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011

  • He spoke too fast for my brain, using words like fistula, ileostomy, and carcinomatosis.

    The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011

  • The cancer came back suddenly, it was all over her, carcinomatosis, they called it.

    Put On By Cunning Rendell, Ruth, 1930- 1981

  • The success rates of peritoneal carcinomatosis formation were 100% (12/12), 91. 7% (11/12) and 58. 3% (7/12), respectively, for Groups A, B and C (P = 0.019, A versus C; P = 0.077, B versus C; P = 0.500, A versus B, Fisher's exact test).

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • The clinico-pathological progression pattern was very similar to patients of advanced gastric cancer with peritoneal carcinomatosis.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • This study was to establish a stable rabbit peritoneal carcinomatosis model of gastric cancer using VX2 tumor, and analyze the clinico-pathological features.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • Two weeks after submucosal cancer cells injection in Group A, ulcerative gastric cancer with peritoneal carcinomatosis showed typical VX2 tumor pathology, with widespread intraperitoneal metastatic nodules, bloody ascites and perspicuous pulmonary metastases.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • First large animal model of peritoneal carcinomatosis from gastric cancer has been established by laparotomic orthotopic injection of VX2 cancer cells into the submucosal layer of the stomach, providing a more suitable model for surgical interventional studies.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • The clinico-pathological features of this model resemble human peritoneal carcinomatosis.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

  • This study was to establish a stable rabbit peritoneal carcinomatosis model of gastric cancer using VX2 tumor, and analyze the clinico-pathological features.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2010

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