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ENDOMETRIAL CARCINOMA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cancer of the uterine lining
Synonyms:
endometrial cancer; endometrial carcinoma
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("endometrial carcinoma" is a kind of...):
carcinoma (any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer)
Context examples:
Two types of endometrial carcinoma are distinguished with respect to biology and clinical course.
(Endometrial Cancer Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
Representative examples include prostate carcinoma, penile carcinoma, testicular seminoma, testicular embryonal carcinoma, endometrial carcinoma, cervical carcinoma, ovarian carcinoma, and uterine corpus leiomyosarcoma.
(Malignant Reproductive System Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
Representative examples include endometrial carcinoma, carcinosarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, and adenosarcoma.
(Malignant Uterine Corpus Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
