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CARCINOSARCOMA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A malignant neoplasm composed of carcinoma and sarcoma extensively intermixed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("carcinosarcoma" is a kind of...):

malignant neoplasm; malignant tumor; metastatic tumor (a tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body)

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 Context examples: 

Representative examples of neoplastic disorders include papilloma, adenofibroma, carcinoma, leiomyosarcoma, and carcinosarcoma.

(Fallopian Tube Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Representative examples of malignant neoplasms include carcinoma, carcinosarcoma, and adenosarcoma.

(Fallopian Tube Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

This category includes adenosarcoma and carcinosarcoma.

(Malignant Cervical Mixed Epithelial and Mesenchymal Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

This category includes pleomorphic adenoma, carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma, and carcinosarcoma.

(Mixed Tumor of the Parotid Gland, NCI Thesaurus)