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Carcinoma vs Neoplasm - What's the difference?

carcinoma | neoplasm |

As nouns the difference between carcinoma and neoplasm

is that carcinoma is (oncology) an invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue that tends to metastasize to other areas of the body while neoplasm is (pathology|oncology) an abnormal new growth of disorganized tissue in animals or plants.

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.

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    neoplasm

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (pathology, oncology) An abnormal new growth of disorganized tissue in animals or plants.

    • Synonyms

    * tumour

    Derived terms

    * neoplasia * neoplastic

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