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small cell carcinoma

DEFINITIONS OF: small cell carcinoma

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n highly malignant carcinoma composed of small round or egg-shaped cells with little cytoplasm; lung cancers are frequently oat cell carcinomas

Synonyms:
oat cell carcinoma
Type of:
carcinoma
any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer
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