carcinoma
carcinoma (kar`si*nō"mȧ) , noun
[Latin, from Greek karki`nwma, from karki`nos crab, cancer. See -oma.]
(Medicine) A form of malignant cancer arising from epithelial tissue. The term was earlier applied to all forms of cancer, or to certain non-malignant forms. It is contrasted with sarcoma, a malignant form of cancer arising from connective tissue. See Cancer. — Dunglison