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carcinomatosis

[ kahr-suh-noh-muh-toh-sis ]

noun

, Pathology.
  1. a condition marked by the production of an overwhelming number of carcinomas throughout the body.


carcinomatosis

/ ˌkɑːsɪˌnəʊməˈtəʊsɪs /

noun

  1. pathol a condition characterized by widespread dissemination of carcinomas or by a carcinoma that affects a large area Also calledcarcinosisˌkɑːsɪˈnəʊsɪs
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of carcinomatosis1

1900–05; < Latin carcinōmat- (stem of carcinōma ) carcinoma + -osis
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Example Sentences

The actress had revealed to People magazine in March 2013 that she had leptomeningeal carcinomatosis - cancer cells in the membrane of her brain.

From BBC

This rare condition, leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, occurs when cancer cells spread into the fluid-filled membrane surrounding the brain.

This rare condition, leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, occurs when cancer cells spread into the fluid-filled membrane surrounding the brain.

She had leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, in which cancer cells invade the fluid-filled membrane surrounding the brain.

Harper, who beat lung cancer in 2009, was diagnosed with a form of brain cancer called leptomeningeal carcinomatosis in 2013.

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