Medical Terminology / Unit 14 MedTerm 0906 short lesson, about 20 seconds
A Carcinoma
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The idea
A carcinoma is a malignant tumour arising in epithelial tissue, which lines surfaces and cavities.
In practice
The root carcin with the suffix oma builds the term directly.
Where people slip
Carcinoma names origin in epithelium. A different tissue of origin takes a different term.
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