n.
A highly malignant carcinoma of the lungs composed of small ovoid undifferentiated cells. Also called small cell carcinoma.
oat cell carcinoma
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highly malignant carcinoma composed of small round or egg-shaped cells with little cytoplasm; lung cancers are frequently oat cell carcinomas
Synonym: small cell carcinoma
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