adenocarcinoma Path.
(ˌædɪnəʊkɑːsɪˈnəʊmə)
[f. adeno- + carcinoma.]
A malignant adenoma.
| 1889 in Cent. Dict. 1900 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 31 Mar. 775/1 Adenocarcinoma. Nine tumors show the general plan of the gland. 1907 Practitioner Aug. 191 What appeared to be an adeno-carcinoma. 1962 Lancet 13 Jan. 85/2 The much higher proportion of adenocarcinomas in the ‘spontaneous’ tumours. |