oat cell carcinomamedical dictionary

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An anaplastic, highly malignant, and usually bronchogenic carcinoma composed of small ovoid cells with very scanty cytoplasm; this carcinoma and small round cell carcinoma's comprise over one-third of carcinoma's of the lung.

Synonyms: small cell carcinoma.

(05 Mar 2000)

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