basal cell carcinoma

noun
1.
a common and usually curable skin cancer that arises from epithelial cells and rarely metastasizes: often associated with overexposure to sunlight.
Examples from the web for basal cell carcinoma
  • Sure enough, the biopsy of her face revealed a basal cell carcinoma.
  • basal cell carcinoma is a slow-growing form of skin cancer.
  • The hallmark of this disorder is the appearance of a type of skin cancer known as basal cell carcinoma at or around puberty.
Contemporary definitions for basal cell carcinoma
noun

a slow-growing malignant but usually non-metastasizing skin cancer, mainly occurring in sun-damaged skin of the elderly and fair-skinned; also called basal cell epithelioma , rodent ulcer

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medicine

basal cell carcinoma in Medicine

basal cell carcinoma n.
A slow-growing, locally invasive, but rarely metastasizing neoplasm of the skin derived from basal cells of the epidermis or hair follicles. Also called basal cell epithelioma.

basal cell carcinoma in Science
basal cell carcinoma
  (bā'səl, -zəl)   
A slow-growing neoplasm that is locally invasive but rarely metastasizes. It is derived from basal cells, the deepest layer of epithelial cells of the epidermis or hair follicles.