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liver cancer vs carcinoma

carcinoma vs liver cancer

liver cancer and carcinoma both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
liver cancer Yes No No No
carcinoma Yes No No No
As nouns, carcinoma is a hypernym of liver cancer; that is, carcinoma is a word with a broader meaning than liver cancer:
  • liver cancer: malignant neoplastic disease of the liver usually occurring as a metastasis from another cancer; symptoms include loss of appetite and weakness and bloating and jaundice and upper abdominal discomfort
  • carcinoma: any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer
Other hypernyms of liver cancer include liver disease.
liver cancer (noun) carcinoma (noun)
malignant neoplastic disease of the liver usually occurring as a metastasis from another cancer; symptoms include loss of appetite and weakness and bloating and jaundice and upper abdominal discomfort any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer
Difference between liver cancer and carcinoma

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