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cholangiocarcinoma

noun

  1. bile duct adenocarcinoma that has material basis in bile duct epithelial cells.
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English cholangio- English carcinoma English cholangiocarcinoma From cholangio- + carcinoma.

  1. A rare and aggressive cancer that starts in the bile ducts.

    “Cholangiocarcinoma develops at a significantly younger age (between the ages of 30 and 50) in patients with PSC than in patients without PSC.”

    “2013, J. R. Bhardwaj (editor), Boyd's Textbook of Pathology, Volume 2: Systemic Pathology, 10th Edition, Wolter Kluwer Health, page 1043, Cholangiocarcinomata arise from the bile ducts. The intrahepatic cholangiocarcinomata are considered here.”