noun
- Plural of carcinomatosis; the widespread dissemination or presence of carcinoma (cancer) throughout the body or in multiple organs.
Usage: medical; technical; plural form
Examples
- The patient was diagnosed with peritoneal carcinomatoses, indicating cancer had spread throughout the abdominal lining.
- Advanced carcinomatoses often requires palliative care rather than curative treatment.
- Lymphangitic carcinomatoses can cause severe respiratory symptoms in patients with lung involvement.
- The oncologist explained that carcinomatoses represented stage IV disease with poor prognosis.
- Multiple carcinomatoses were identified during the autopsy examination.