(medicine) A form of poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma, usually of the breast, grossly well circumscribed, gray-pink, and firm. Also known as encephaloid carcinoma.
medullary carcinoma
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n.
A malignant neoplasm consisting chiefly of epithelial cells.
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