Definition of adenocarcinoma in English:
adenocarcinoma
nounPlural adenocarcinomas, Plural adenocarcinomata ˌadɪnəʊˌkɑːsɪˈnəʊməˌad(ə)nōˌkärsəˈnōmə
Medicine A malignant tumour formed from glandular structures in epithelial tissue.
Example sentencesExamples
- Ninety-five percent of all malignant gastric tumors are adenocarcinomas; the remaining 5 percent include lymphomas, stromal tumors, and other rare tumors.
- The rarer types of bladder cancer include squamous cell carcinomas and adenocarcinomas, which have a different cell structure.
- Clinically, 90% of pancreatic tumours are malignant ductal adenocarcinomas, and most of this article concentrates on this disease.
- The nonsalivary tumours can be divided into low-grade adenocarcinomas and intestinal type adenocarcinomas.
- Most of the experimental mammary tumors are malignant, specifically adenocarcinomas.