EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does embryonal carcinoma mean? 

• EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA (noun)
  The noun EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA has 1 sense:

1. malignant neoplasm of the testis

  Familiarity information: EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Malignant neoplasm of the testis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("embryonal carcinoma" is a kind of...):

carcinoma (any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer)

 Context examples 

Representative examples include seminoma, embryonal carcinoma, sarcoma, leukemia, and lymphoma.

(Malignant Testicular Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

Nonseminomas include embryonal carcinoma, teratoma, choriocarcinoma, and yolk sac tumor.

(Malignant Testicular Non-Seminomatous Germ Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

Seminoma is the most frequently seen malignant testicular germ cell tumor, followed by embryonal carcinoma and yolk sac tumor.

(Malignant Testicular Germ Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

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 germinoma, immature teratoma, choriocarcinoma, embryonal carcinoma and yolk sac tumor.

(Malignant Pineal Region Germ Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

The different germ cell components include choriocarcinoma, embryonal carcinoma, yolk sac tumor, teratoma, and seminoma.

(Mixed Germ Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

Nonseminomas are identified by the type of cell in which they begin and include embryonal carcinoma, teratoma, choriocarcinoma, and yolk sac carcinoma.

(Non-Seminomatous Lesion, NCI Dictionary)

Representative examples include teratoma, embryonal carcinoma, yolk sac tumor, and dysgerminoma.

(Ovarian germ cell tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

An embryonal carcinoma arising from the ovary.

(Ovarian Embryonal Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

There are several types of nonseminoma tumors, including embryonal carcinoma, malignant teratoma, choriocarcinoma, and yolk sac tumor.

(Nonseminoma, NCI Dictionary)