hepatocellular carcinoma

Definitions of hepatocellular carcinoma
  1. noun
    carcinoma of the liver
    synonyms: hepatocarcinoma, hepatoma, malignant hepatoma
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    type of:
    carcinoma
    any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer
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