karsinoma

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin carcinōma (“tumour; ulcer; carcinoma”), from Ancient Greek κᾰρκῐ́νωμᾰ (kărkĭ́nōmă, “sore, ulcer; cancer”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /karsiˈnoma/ [kar.siˈno.ma]
• Rhymes: -oma
• Syllabification: kar‧si‧no‧ma

Noun

karsinoma (plural karsinoma-karsinoma)

1. (oncology) carcinoma (an invasive malignant tumour derived from epithelial tissue that tends to metastasize to other areas of the body)

Alternative forms

• karsinom (Dutch-influenced)

Derived terms

• karsinoma duktal
• karsinoma duktal invasif
• karsinoma pankreas
• karsinoma prostat
• karsinoma rektum
• karsinoma sel basal

Related terms

• karsinogen
• karsinogenesis
• karsinogenik

Further reading

• “karsinoma”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016