SMALL CELL CARCINOMA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does small cell carcinoma mean? • SMALL CELL CARCINOMA (noun)
The noun SMALL CELL CARCINOMA has 1 sense:
1. highly malignant carcinoma composed of small round or egg-shaped cells with little cytoplasm; lung cancers are frequently oat cell carcinomas
Familiarity information: SMALL CELL CARCINOMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SMALL CELL CARCINOMA (noun)
Meaning:
Highly malignant carcinoma composed of small round or egg-shaped cells with little cytoplasm; lung cancers are frequently oat cell carcinomas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
oat cell carcinoma; small cell carcinoma
Hypernyms ("small cell carcinoma" is a kind of...):
carcinoma (any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer)
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