HEPATOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hepatoma mean? 

• HEPATOMA (noun)
  The noun HEPATOMA has 1 sense:

1. carcinoma of the liver

  Familiarity information: HEPATOMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEPATOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Carcinoma of the liver

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

hepatocarcinoma; hepatocellular carcinoma; hepatoma; malignant hepatoma

Hypernyms ("hepatoma" is a kind of...):

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

 Context examples 

Will grow transplantable Morris hepatomas 3924A which can be used as a model for the treatment of liver cancer (Yang et al 1995).

(ACI, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)

Givinostat has also been shown to activate the intrinsic apoptotic pathway, inducing apoptosis in hepatoma cells and leukemic cells.

(Givinostat, NCI Thesaurus)

The main subtypes are hepatocellular carcinoma (hepatoma) and cholangiocarcinoma.

(Liver and Intrahepatic Bile Duct Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

The CBA/J strain carries the gene for retinal degeneration (rd) and has a high gross tumor incidence, including lymphoma, hepatoma, and mammary tumors.

(CBA/J Mouse, NCI Thesaurus)

Fostered offspring have a high incidence of hepatomas.

(C3H/HeJ Mouse, NCI Thesaurus)

Alpha-fetoprotein expression in adults is often associated with hepatoma or teratoma.

(Alpha-fetoprotein, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)

Representative examples of adenocarcinoma are ductal and lobular breast carcinoma, lung adenocarcinoma, renal cell carcinoma, hepatocellular carcinoma (hepatoma), colon adenocarcinoma, and prostate adenocarcinoma.

(Adenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic organic azo dye used mainly in experimental research, carcinogenic o-Aminoazotoluene induces hepatomas, lung tumors, bladder tumors, and lung hemangioendotheliomas in animals when administered in the diet.

(o-Aminoazotoluene, NCI Thesaurus)