adenocarcinoma

English

Etymology

From adeno- +‎ carcinoma.

Noun

adenocarcinoma (plural adenocarcinomas or adenocarcinomata)

1. (oncology) Any of several forms of carcinoma that originate in glandular tissue.

   Hypernyms: carcinoma < cancer, malignancy < tumor, neoplasm, neoplasia

   Hyponym: lymphoma

   Coordinate term: adenoma (benign counterpart)

Derived terms

• gastroadenocarcinoma
• prostatic adenocarcinoma
• squamoadenocarcinoma

Related terms

• adenocarcinomal
• adenocarcinomatous
• adenocarcinomic

Translations

any of several forms of carcinoma that originate in glandular tissue

• Czech: adenokarcinom m
• Finnish: adenokarsinooma (fi)
• Hungarian: adenokarcinóma (hu)
• Indonesian: adenokarsinoma
• Irish: adanacarcanóma m
• Italian: adenocarcinoma (it) m
• Japanese: 腺癌 (ja) (せんがん, sengan)
• Polish: gruczolakorak (pl) m
• Portuguese: adenocarcinoma (pt) m
• Spanish: adenocarcinoma (es) m
• Swedish: adenokarcinom (sv) n

Italian

Etymology

From adeno- +‎ carcinoma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˌdɛ.no.kar.t͡ʃiˈnɔ.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɔma
• Hyphenation: a‧de‧no‧car‧ci‧nò‧ma

Noun

adenocarcinoma m (plural adenocarcinomi)

1. (oncology) adenocarcinoma

Further reading

• adenocarcinoma in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• adenocarcinoma in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• adenocarcinoma in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

From adeno- +‎ carcinoma.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˌdẽ.no.kaʁ.siˈnõ.mɐ/ [aˌdẽ.no.kah.siˈnõ.mɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˌdẽ.no.kaʁ.siˈnõ.mɐ/ [aˌdẽ.no.kah.siˈnõ.mɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aˌdẽ.no.kaɾ.siˈnõ.mɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˌdẽ.no.kaʁ.siˈnõ.mɐ/ [aˌdẽ.no.kaχ.siˈnõ.mɐ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /aˌdẽ.no.kaɻ.siˈnõ.mɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˌde.no.kaʁ.siˈno.ma/ [aˌde.no.kah.siˈno.ma]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˌdɛ.nɔ.kɐɾ.siˈno.mɐ/ [ɐˌðɛ.nɔ.kɐɾ.siˈno.mɐ]

• Rhymes: -omɐ
• Hyphenation: a‧de‧no‧car‧ci‧no‧ma

Noun

adenocarcinoma m (plural adenocarcinomas)

1. (oncology) adenocarcinoma (any of several forms of carcinoma that originate in glandular tissue)

Further reading

• “adenocarcinoma”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “adenocarcinoma”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “adenocarcinoma”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “adenocarcinoma”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “adenocarcinoma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From adeno- +‎ carcinoma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adenokaɾθiˈnoma/ [a.ð̞e.no.kaɾ.θiˈno.ma] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /adenokaɾsiˈnoma/ [a.ð̞e.no.kaɾ.siˈno.ma] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -oma
• Syllabification: a‧de‧no‧car‧ci‧no‧ma

Noun

adenocarcinoma m (plural adenocarcinomas)

1. (oncology) adenocarcinoma

Further reading

• “adenocarcinoma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025