Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small, slow-growing, benign or malignant tumor, found usually in the gastrointestinal tract, that is composed of islands of rounded cells and secretes serotonin.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Crablike; specifically, pertaining to the Carcinoida.
- Cancroid; carcinomorphic.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A small tumor (benign or malignant) arising from the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract; it is usually associated with excessive secretion of serotonin.
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- noun medicine A form of slow-growing
tumour originating in theneuroendocrine system.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small tumor (benign or malignant) arising from the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract; usually associated with excessive secretion of serotonin
Etymologies
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Examples
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Their findings strongly indicate the risk for a type of tumor called a carcinoid in the small intestine was associated with consuming saturated fats.
In The Days 2008
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Their findings strongly indicate the risk for a type of tumor called a carcinoid in the small intestine was associated with consuming saturated fats.
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One hundred years after "carcinoid": epidemiology of and prognostic factors for neuroendocrine tumors in 35,825 cases in the United States.
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Last year I learned that I had a rare form of cancer (carcinoid – a nueuroendocrine cancer).
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Last year I learned that I had a rare form of cancer (carcinoid – a nueuroendocrine cancer).
WH: Obama to get more directly involved in health care talks 2009
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Last year, Pat Kirkendall had surgery to remove a carcinoid tumor from her right lung.
Health insurance law covers people with preexisting medical conditions Michelle Andrews 2010
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Last year, Pat Kirkendall had surgery to remove a carcinoid tumor from her right lung.
Health insurance law covers people with preexisting medical conditions Michelle Andrews 2010
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"The two different types have fairly dramatically different clinical behaviors," said Matthew Kulke , director of the carcinoid and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor program at the Harvard-affiliated Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.
Jobs's Rare Disease Ran Predictable Course Ron Winslow 2011
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I had not an inkling that it was two hernias slowly extruding through abdominal muscle and strangling my colon -- nor of the carcinoid tumor sitting like a time bomb in my appendix.
Archive 2010-03-01 2010
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I had not an inkling that it was two hernias slowly extruding through abdominal muscle and strangling my colon -- nor of the carcinoid tumor sitting like a time bomb in my appendix.
Breaking The Fast 2010
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