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Noun: small cell carcinoma
  1. Highly malignant carcinoma composed of small round or egg-shaped cells with little cytoplasm; lung cancers are frequently oat cell carcinomas
    - oat cell carcinoma

Derived forms: small cell carcinomas

Type of: carcinoma

Encyclopedia: Small cell carcinoma