carcinoid syndrome

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noun Pathology.

the systemic effects, including flushing, palpitations, diarrhea, and cramps, resulting from increased blood levels of serotonin secreted by a carcinoid.

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Also called car·ci·noi·do·sis

[kahr-suh-noi-doh-sis]. /ˌkɑr sə nɔɪˈdoʊ sɪs/.

Words nearby carcinoid syndrome

carcino-, carcinogen, carcinogenesis, carcinogenic, carcinoid, carcinoid syndrome, carcinoma, carcinomatosis, carcinosarcoma, car coat, car crash

How to use carcinoid syndrome in a sentence

Advanced maternal age dramatically increases the risk of maternal mortality as well as birth defects like Down Syndrome.
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Jolly somehow finds the time to also manage a restaurant and help kids who have Autism and Down syndrome ride horses.
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We still have a long way to go, but it has improved dramatically since the post Vietnam syndrome when Vets were spit on.
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In 1975, Sesame Street became the first children's program to feature someone with Down Syndrome.
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However, the current thinking is that Merrick may have suffered from Proteus syndrome.
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The Ganser syndrome, or twilight state, has been enlarged upon, and several variations of this condition have been isolated.
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I have recently observed the Ganser syndrome in an undoubted case of toxic-exhaustion psychosis.
Studies in Forensic Psychiatry|Bernard Glueck
I will not go mad, but I will go into the adrenal syndrome unless I can end this soon.
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This is the classical "damned if you do and damned if you don't" syndrome.
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We are in the classical "damned if we do and damned if we don't" syndrome.
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