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carcinoid

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[kahr-suh-noid] / ˈkɑr səˌnɔɪd /

noun

Pathology.

  1. a small, yellowish amino-acid and peptide-secreting tumor usually found in the gastrointestinal tract and lung.

Etymology

Origin of carcinoid

First recorded in 1925–30; carcin(o)- + -oid

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