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Malignant vs Carcinoma - What's the difference?

malignant | carcinoma |

In context|oncology|lang=en terms the difference between malignant and carcinoma

is that malignant is (oncology) harmfully cancerous; as a malignant tumor while carcinoma is (oncology) an invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue that tends to metastasize to other areas of the body.

As a adjective malignant

is harmful, malevolent, injurious.

As a noun carcinoma is

(oncology) an invasive malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue that tends to metastasize to other areas of the body.

malignant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Harmful, malevolent, injurious.
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  • (medicine) Tending to produce death; threatening a fatal issue.
    • malignant diphtheria
    a malignant tumor

    Antonyms

    * (medicine) benign

    Related terms

    * nonmalignant

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • * 1823 , The Retrospective Review (volume 7, page 11)
    • As devout Stephen was carried to his burial by devout men, so is it just and equal that malignants should carry malignants
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    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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