癌
Carcinoma \Car`ci*no"ma\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? crab, cancer. See {-oma}.] (Med.) A cancer. By some medical writers, the term is applied to an indolent tumor. See {Cancer}. --Dunglison.
carcinoma n : any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer [also: {carcinomata} (pl)]