cholangiocarcinoma

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word cholangiocarcinoma. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word cholangiocarcinoma, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say cholangiocarcinoma in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word cholangiocarcinoma you have here. The definition of the word cholangiocarcinoma will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofcholangiocarcinoma, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

From cholangio- +‎ carcinoma.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

cholangiocarcinoma (plural cholangiocarcinomas or cholangiocarcinomata)

  1. (pathology) Cancer of the bile ducts (e.g., common bile duct, cholangioles).
    • 2007, Bruce A. Chabner, Thomas J. Lynch Jr., Dan L. Longo, Harrison's Manual of Oncology, McGraw Hill Professional, page 418:
      Cholangiocarcinoma develops at a significantly younger age (between the ages of 30 and 50) in patients with PSC than in patients without PSC.
    • 2013, J. R. Bhardwaj (editor), Boyd's Textbook of Pathology, Volume 2: Systemic Pathology, 10th Edition, Wolter Kluwer Health, page 1043,
      Cholangiocarcinomata arise from the bile ducts. The intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomata are considered here.
    • 2014, Joon-Il Choi, Byung Ihn Choi, “5: Other Malignant Tumors of the Liver”, in Byung Ihn Choi, editor, Radiology Illustrated: Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Radiology, Springer, page 171:
      Cholangiocarcinoma (cholangiocellular carcinoma) is a primary malignant tumor arising from the bile duct and can be divided into intrahepatic and extrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas. Extrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas are further classified as either hilar or distal bile duct cholangiocarcinomas. Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma or peripheral cholangiocarcinoma is the second most common primary liver cancer following hepatocellular carcinoma. However, it represents only 10% of all cholangiocarcinomas.

Synonyms

Hyponyms

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia