- hepatocellular carcinoma
- A type of adenocarcinoma, the most common type of liver tumor.
English dictionary of cancer terms . 2015.
hepatocellular carcinoma
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Hepatocellular carcinoma — Infobox Disease Name = Hepatocellular carcinoma Caption = Hepatocellular carcinoma in an individual that was hepatitis C positive. Autopsy specimen. ICD10 = ICD10|C|22|0|C|22 ICD9 = ICD9|155 ICDO = 8170/3 MedlinePlus = 000280 eMedicineSubj = med… … Wikipedia
Hepatocellular carcinoma — A tumor in which the cancer starts during adulthood in cells in the liver. Also called adult primary liver cancer. Primary liver cancer is different from cancer that has metastasized (spread) from another place in the body to the liver. The signs … Medical dictionary
hepatocellular carcinoma — noun carcinoma of the liver • Syn: ↑hepatoma, ↑malignant hepatoma, ↑hepatocarcinoma • Hypernyms: ↑carcinoma … Useful english dictionary
hepatocellular carcinoma — noun A type of liver cancer … Wiktionary
hepatocellular carcinoma — hepatoma … The new mediacal dictionary
Fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 34518 ICD10 = ICD10|C|22|0|C|22 ICD9 = ICD9|155 ICDO = ICDO|8171|3 OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 787 MeshID = Fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma is a form of… … Wikipedia
Carcinoma, hepatocellular — A tumor in which the cancer starts during adulthood in cells in the liver. Also called adult primary liver cancer. Primary liver cancer is different from cancer that has metastasized (spread) from another place in the body to the liver. The signs … Medical dictionary
Carcinoma — Infobox Disease Name = Carcinoma Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = 8010/3 MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D002277 A carcinoma is any malignant cancer that arises from epithelial cells. Carcinomas invade… … Wikipedia
hepatocellular — adjective Date: 1940 of or involving hepatocytes < hepatocellular carcinoma > … New Collegiate Dictionary
carcinoma — Any of various types of malignant neoplasm derived from epithelial cells, chiefly glandular (adenocarcinoma) or squamous (squamous cell c.); the most commonly occurring kind of cancer. [G. karkinoma, fr. karkinos, cancer, + oma, tumor] Like other … Medical dictionary
