Med. [f. L. carcinōmat- (see CARCINOMA) + -OUS.] Characterized by, or of the nature of, carcinoma.
1700. Phil. Trans., XXII. 478. The growth of carcinomatous Tumours.
1753. Scots Mag., XV. 51. With carcenomatous eye.
1847–9. Todd, Cycl. Anat., IV. 430/2. Carcinomatous degeneration.
1878. A. M. Hamilton, Nerv. Dis., 191. The carcinomatous growth.
