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What is the difference between adenoma and carcinoma?

adenoma | carcinoma |

As nouns the difference between adenoma and carcinoma

is that adenoma is a benign tumour of the epithelium arising from or resembling a gland while carcinoma is an invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue that tends to metastasize to other areas of the body.

adenoma

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (pathology) A benign tumour of the epithelium arising from or resembling a gland.

    • Derived terms

    * adenomatoid * adenomatous

    External links

    * (wikipedia "adenoma") ----

    carcinoma

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia carcinoma) (en-noun)
  • (oncology) An invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue that tends to metastasize to other areas of the body.

    • Anagrams

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