carcinomatosis

carcinomatosis
/kahr'seuh noh meuh toh"sis/, n. Pathol.
a condition marked by the production of an overwhelming number of carcinomas throughout the body.
[1900-05; < L carcinomat- (s. of carcinoma) CARCINOMA + -OSIS]

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