basal cell carcinoma

noun

A common type of nonmelanocytic skin cancer.

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Meanings

nounbasal cell carcinoma (countable and uncountable, plural basal cell carcinomas)

plural basal cell carcinomas · alternative basal-cell carcinoma

  1. countableuncountablemedicineA common type of nonmelanocytic skin cancer.

    Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) is the most frequent of all cancers in fair-skinned populations.

    2013, Gabrijela Kocjan, Winifred Gray, Philippe Vielh, Tanya Levine, Ika Kardum-Skelin, Diagnostic Cytopathology Essentials, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 369
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    Basal cell carcinoma is found most frequently on the head, neck, and limbs of cats. Histologic findings do not always correlate with aggressive behavior.

    2002, Wallace B. Morrison, Cancer in Dogs and Cats: Medical and Surgical Management, Teton NewMedia, →ISBN, page 470

    The malignant potential of adenoid cystic carcinoma/basal cell carcinoma is uncertain because of the small number of reported cases and limited follow-up, but some cases are malignant with EPE and distant metastases.

    2009, Noel Weidner, Richard J. Cote, Saul Suster, Lawrence M. Weiss, Modern Surgical Pathology, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 1151

    Synonyms: basalioma

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA common type of nonmelanocytic skin cancer.

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basalioma
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Translations

Catalan carcinoma basocel·lular
  • carcinoma basocel·lulartype of skin cancer
Chinese Mandarin 基底細胞癌 /基底细胞癌
  • 基底細胞癌 /基底细胞癌 (jīdǐ xìbāo ái)type of skin cancer
Finnish basaliooma, ihon tyvisolusyöpä
  • basalioomatype of skin cancer
  • ihon tyvisolusyöpätype of skin cancer
French carcinome basocellulaire
  • carcinome basocellulairetype of skin cancer
German Basalzellkarzinom, Basaliom
  • Basalzellkarzinomtype of skin cancer
  • Basaliomtype of skin cancer
Korean 기저세포암
  • 기저세포암 (gijeosepoam)type of skin cancer
Romanian carcinom bazocelular
  • carcinom bazocelulartype of skin cancer
Turkish bazal hücreli cilt kanseri
  • bazal hücreli cilt kanseritype of skin cancer
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