A condition where carcinoma (cancer) has spread extensively throughout the body, often involving multiple organs and body cavities.
From 'carcinoma' plus '-osis' (abnormal condition). This term emerged in clinical medicine to describe the most advanced cancer stages when the disease has generalized throughout the body.
Carcinomatosis is a grim diagnosis—it means cancer has spread so widely (like throughout the abdominal cavity with peritoneal carcinomatosis) that treating it as a single tumor is impossible.
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