hepatoma

English

Etymology

From hepato- (“liver”) +‎ -oma (“tumor”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

hepatoma (plural hepatomas or hepatomata)

(pathology) A cancer originating in the liver.

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Derived terms

Translations

cancer originating in the liver

Chinese:
Mandarin: 肝癌 (zh) (gān'ái)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: maksasyöpä (fi)
Icelandic: lifrarkrabbamein n, lifrarfrumukrabbamein n
Portuguese: hepatoma m
Spanish: hepatocarcinoma m

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.paˈtõ.mɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.paˈto.ma/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.pɐˈto.mɐ/

Hyphenation: he‧pa‧to‧ma

Noun

hepatoma m (plural hepatomas)

(oncology) hepatoma (cancer originating in the liver)

Further reading

“hepatoma”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“hepatoma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026