adenocarcinoma /ad′ənōkärsinō″mə/ pl. adenocarcinomas, adenocarcinomata [Gk, aden + karkinos, crab, oma] , adj, any one of a large group of malignant epithelial cell tumors of the glandular tissue. Specific tumors are diagnosed and named by cytological identification of the tissue affected; for example, an adenocarcinoma of the uterine cervix is characterized by tumor cells resembling the glandular epithelium of the cervix. −adenocarcinomatous, adj.
