carcinoma in situ
/ˌkɑːsɪˌnəʊmə ɪn ˈsɪtjuː/ /ˌkɑːsɪˌnəʊmə ɪn ˈsɪtʃuː/Pathology and Medicine
noun
Carcinoma at a pre-invasive stage in which malignant cells are confined to the epithelium, with no extension through the basement membrane or into adjacent structures; an instance of this.
Origin
1930s. From carcinoma + in situ.
- opisthe
- opisthion
- opistho-
- opisthobranch
- Opisthobranchia
- opisthobranchiate
- opisthocoelian
- opisthocoelous
- opisthodome
- opisthodomos
- opisthodomus
- opisthodont
- opisthogastric
- opisthoglyph
- opisthoglyphic
- opisthoglyphous
- opisthognathous
- opisthograph
- opisthographic
- opisthorchiasis
- opisthosoma
- opisthosomal
- opisthotic
- opisthotonic
- opisthotonos